The Lightbulb Moment - Season 1

The Lightbulb Moment - Season 1

Season 1

Network
DatesFeb 18, 2021 - Feb 18, 2021

Episodes

LIKE BUTTON | The Unintended Consequences of the Facebook Like Button
Season 1Episode 122 min

LIKE BUTTON | The Unintended Consequences of the Facebook Like Button

When first presented with the like button (then dubbed "the awesome button") Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a simple response: "No." He worried that a quick thumbs up or down would discourage more meaningful online interaction. Eventually, his team changed his mind and transformed the world.

Feb 18, 2021
CUBICLE | How the Cubicle Became Universally Hated
Season 1Episode 224 min

CUBICLE | How the Cubicle Became Universally Hated

The Cubicle was originally designed to set workers free. A futuristic designer named Robert Propst dreamed up "The Action Office" as a groovy 1960s workplace utopia that would unleash the modern knowledge worker's vast untapped potential. This is how it all went so wrong.

Feb 18, 2021
BARCODE | How The Barcode Shaped Our Modern Economy
Season 1Episode 322 min

BARCODE | How The Barcode Shaped Our Modern Economy

Barcodes have radically changed global commerce, helping fuel the rise of everything from massive companies like Walmart to world powers like China. And it all started with a man daydreaming on a beach in 1949.

Feb 18, 2021
FLORIDA | How Real Estate Rogues Invented Florida As We Know It
Season 1Episode 424 min

FLORIDA | How Real Estate Rogues Invented Florida As We Know It

Florida wasn't always the Sunshine State. In the 1920s, an army of real estate boosters set out to redefine Florida from an economic backwater to a ritzy vacation destination, sparking a land boom–and bust–the likes of which America had never seen before.

Feb 18, 2021
MAUVE | The Fake Color That Made Our Modern World
Season 1Episode 522 min

MAUVE | The Fake Color That Made Our Modern World

In 1856, a chemistry student accidentally created a strange substance with a rich purple hue -- the world's first synthetic dye. In just a few years, ‘Mauve' would take over the fashion industry, make food look more appetizing, and enable stunning advances in medicine.

Feb 18, 2021
VANILLA | The Bean That Shaped the Future of Food
Season 1Episode 623 min

VANILLA | The Bean That Shaped the Future of Food

In 1841 on the small island of Réunion, a 12-year-old slave did something no one had done before; artificially pollinate the vanilla plant. The vanilla bean took the world by storm, sparking the artificial flavor revolution and forever changing how we eat.

Feb 18, 2021
WIFI | The Woman Who Laid the Groundwork for Wi-Fi
Season 1Episode 723 min

WIFI | The Woman Who Laid the Groundwork for Wi-Fi

Actress Hedy Lamarr, "the world's most beautiful woman," had a knack for inventing. During WWII, in an effort to help the Allies, she devised a technology designed to intercept Axis communications – and created the foundation of wireless internet.

Feb 18, 2021
STREAMING | The Invention That Revolutionized Streaming Video
Season 1Episode 823 min

STREAMING | The Invention That Revolutionized Streaming Video

The early days of online video were plagued by low resolution, stamp-sized video, and unbearable buffering times. But one day that all changed. In the late 90s, a breakthrough technology revolutionized streaming video, setting the foundation for the era of Netflix.

Feb 18, 2021
INTERSTATE | How The Interstate Connected and Divided America
Season 1Episode 922 min

INTERSTATE | How The Interstate Connected and Divided America

Dwight Eisenhower's interstate highway system was the biggest infrastructure project of its time, a bold plan to connect all corners of America and boost the post-war economy. So how did it end up dividing the nation, and deepening the divide between rich and poor?

Feb 18, 2021
EDISON | How Edison Reinvented Invention
Season 1Episode 1027 min

EDISON | How Edison Reinvented Invention

Edison pioneered the world's first research and development center in Menlo Park, New Jersey, working with a group of experimenters to methodically zero in on the holy grail of electric light. In the process, he transformed invention from a solo to a communal activity.

Feb 18, 2021

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