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History 101 on Netflix is pretty good. I've watched the first half with Abby. 20-30 minute sessions with subjects like -- (edited)

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Jun 10 '20, 12:54

Plastic
Oil & the Middle East
Fast food
Space Race
The Rise of China

they do a really good job of presenting a mostly even-haded look at the historical developments and impact on society for the various topics

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The space race one irked me. I mean, kudos for highlighting Russia's wins, but ... some of the dialogue was wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 13:07 1
- One bit that stands out was talking about fatalities in space - the closed captioning had the right phrasing, but the dialogue was wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 13:08
It's like Netflix's answer to the "High-Quality YouTube video about X" genre. - con_carne Jun 10, 13:07
I found it well constructed but shallow. I'm thinking the target is kids who were too young to remember most of it. -- nm - loosilu Jun 10, 13:02 4
- Though a depressing number of people have demonstrated that they don't even have a cursory knowledge of topics that would seem to be fundamental - JD Jun 10, 13:05 1
  - right -- nm - prayformojo Jun 10, 13:06
- IMO they're pretty darned substantial for the length of the segment. They'd have to be much longer and less accessible if you wanted a lot of depth -- nm - prayformojo Jun 10, 13:04 1
  - True. And honestly, the title is History 101. Caveat Emptor. -- nm - loosilu Jun 10, 13:06

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