It's pretty interesting learning about how the most important inventions in our world came about. I just don't care for all of the errors, like the implication that Henry Ford invented the automobile, the statement that "millions of people are arrested for drunk driving every year", among others.
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Massatoosetts
jennsickies-162-31951826 June 2022
It's a pretty good show. It's just really hard to get past mispronunciations with my ADHD brain. If it were just one guy making the whole show, I might let it slide but when credits roll by, there were more folks who could've said, "Just one thing...," before it was finished.
Here is something you didn't Know!
billmallek18 March 2020
Technology thru a hundred years. Many of the tools, industries and gadgets we have today made their appearance many years ago. This is a fascinating review of the unique and everyday conveniences that make up life today. Very entertaining!
Biting off more than it can chew
Bernie444412 December 2023
"Inventions that Shook the World" by Steve Herringer is too ambitious a project for a simple 10 program production.
Naturally as with any abridged work and selection, we do not all know what was abridged and quickly notice our favorite inventions are missing. We may also notice some of the facts are misleading or too simplified.
After getting over the shock, the presentation is pretty good at explaining the handful of inventions with pictures, graphs, and re-enactments.
After watching this program, you will have a better perspective on how it all comes together.
Too bad it had to stop with inventions of the last century.
Naturally as with any abridged work and selection, we do not all know what was abridged and quickly notice our favorite inventions are missing. We may also notice some of the facts are misleading or too simplified.
After getting over the shock, the presentation is pretty good at explaining the handful of inventions with pictures, graphs, and re-enactments.
After watching this program, you will have a better perspective on how it all comes together.
Too bad it had to stop with inventions of the last century.
American centered popular garbage
sleepery14 August 2019
Einstein was credited for inventing obsolete type of refrigerator, while Tesla was not mentioned at all. But there are whole stories about the guys who invented parking meter, nicotine patch and taser. These kind of shows encourage cheap capitalist entrepreneurship on expense of real scientific progress!
Another show where Black people don't get any credit!
johnsonfamily-6818723 October 2022
This show is supposed to be about inventions that shook the world so you mean to tell me only white people Inventions only shook the world? There are so many inventions that Black people created that white people stole and took the credit for.. y'all steal our creations steal our knowledge and try to enslave us to work minimum wage to get you richer.. I have a story for you if you really wanna know inventions that shook the world.... The microwave was invented by a black man, we are the most hated on Human being in the world, but yet hear we are one of top greatest creation in the world... y'all learned and stole everything from us.
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