how has technology changed us?

An excellent BBC Radio radio series is looking at the history of ideas:
BBC Radio 4 - A History of Ideas

Let's focus on the section looking at how technology has changed us:
BBC Radio 4 - A History of Ideas, How Has Technology Changed Us?

The best bits are the animations:
BBC Radio 4 - A History of Ideas, Writer Tom Chatfield: Has technology rewired our brains?

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  Rewiring the Brain

  DURATION: 01:46

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BBC Radio 4 - A History of Ideas, Historian Justin Champion on Francis Bacon

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  The Fourth Revolution

  DURATION: 01:54

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BBC Radio 4 - A History of Ideas, Surgeon Gabriel Weston on medical technology

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  The Medium is the Message

  DURATION: 01:59

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BBC Radio 4 - A History of Ideas, Archaeologist Matt Pope on tools and human evolution

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  The Antikythera Mechanism

  DURATION: 02:03

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