All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
(2011)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 1
The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey
Episode 3 - 6-06-2011
50m
This programme looked into the selfish gene theory which holds that humans are machines controlled by genes which was invented by William Hamilton. Adam Curtis also covered the source of ethnic conflict that was created by Belgian colonialism's artificial creation of a racial divide and the ensuing slaughter that occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is a source of raw material for computers and cell phones.
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The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts
Episode 2 - 5-30-2011
This episode investigates how machine ideas such as cybernetics and systems theory were applied to natural ecosystems, and how this relates to the false idea that there is a balance of nature. Cybernetics has been applied to human beings to attempt to build societies without central control, self organising networks built of people, based on a fantasy view of nature.
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Love and Power
Episode 1 - 5-23-2011
In the first episode, Curtis tracks the effects of Ayn Rand's ideas on American financial markets, particularly via the influence on Alan Greenspan.
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Love and Power
Episode 1 - 5-23-2011
In the first episode, Curtis tracks the effects of Ayn Rand's ideas on American financial markets, particularly via the influence on Alan Greenspan.
8.1/10Haven't Seen
The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts
Episode 2 - 5-30-2011
This episode investigates how machine ideas such as cybernetics and systems theory were applied to natural ecosystems, and how this relates to the false idea that there is a balance of nature. Cybernetics has been applied to human beings to attempt to build societies without central control, self organising networks built of people, based on a fantasy view of nature.
8/10Haven't Seen
The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey
Episode 3 - 6-06-2011
50m
This programme looked into the selfish gene theory which holds that humans are machines controlled by genes which was invented by William Hamilton. Adam Curtis also covered the source of ethnic conflict that was created by Belgian colonialism's artificial creation of a racial divide and the ensuing slaughter that occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is a source of raw material for computers and cell phones.
8/10Haven't Seen
