Compact discs. Duration: 16:30:00.

James Gleick chronicles the history of information technologies that have changed human behaviors and reshaped entire civilizations. Drums that talk -- Persistence of the word -- Two wordbooks -- To throw the powers of thought into wheel-work -- A nervous system for the Earth -- New wires, new logic -- Information theory -- The informational turn -- Entropy and its demons -- Life's own code -- Into the meme pool -- The sense of randomness -- Information is physical -- After the flood -- New news every day.