July 23, 1995 and ... You Are There

In the 1950s, Walter Cronkite hosted a CBS-TV program that used real network correspondents to report events from days well before radio or TV in the style of "live" television news. Called You Are There,* the program taught history -- and had a secret history of its own. All the writers were victims of the McCarthy-era blacklist. They used the tales of Joan of Arc, Galileo and other historical figures to make thinly disguised points about contemporary witch hunts. (From NPR)

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Hattip: Barry Ritholz

Brings to memory the sage observation of JY from his comment to Guambat's post on October 19:

When the wise guys started using particle physics to design hedge transactions, the free flow of knowledge went poof.