We spoke to the Tomorrow's World team to learn more about Connections
So what's this all about?
Tomorrow's World Connections is a curated collection of ideas from all across the internet. Some of the ideas are mind-blowing, and some of them might challenge your view of the world. However, each idea links to the next via a thought, or a statement. If you find a particular idea interesting, you can dive in a little deeper and access a video, that will give you more.
Is this like a super-interesting collection of playlists then?
No it's more than that. It's a space where you can explore. Some ideas offer up multiple onward routes, which means you can follow the line of thought that most appeals to you.
How does this connect to Tomorrow's World?
Connect? We like what you did there. The starting point for each of our chains is a clip from one of the episodes of our amazing Tomorrow's World podcast. However, as audiences will see, whatever route they take, will lead them on a really interesting and weird journey through lots of different subjects.
Tomorrow's World Connections is inspired by original Tomorrow's World presenter James Burke's seminal documentary Connections
In building this, did you experience any challenges along the way?
Designing the interface took a lot of work, but we think we have ended up with something pretty slick and easy to use. The creation of the chains was also an interesting process. We spent quite a lot of time working out how we wanted those little connective bits of texts to work to connect you from super-interesting idea 1 to super-interesting idea 2.
What next for Tomorrow's World Connections?
Well, this is just the beginning. We hope audiences enjoy exploring what we've made, and - better yet - find stuff that they like enough to share out with their friends via social media.
We also hope they will keep coming back. We're going to continue to build new chains and add new ideas, including some new specially-made stuff, so it's worth checking back in to see what's new.