Adam Curtis...anyone familiar?

[baron von blondle]

I've been obsessed with swallowing everything this hard-on bearer has created since watching the incredible "All watched over by machines of loving grace" a 4 part documentary of how machines are/have taken over day to day life and influenced belief systems.



It's nowhere near as NDMG as it sounds, I'm well aware that it's mainstream media still but even with a hint of fact behind the revalations/subject matter in this documentary and his others it goes a long way to explain a lot of things that weren't that clear, at least to me, prior to watching through his programs



Adam Curtis (born 1955) is an award-winning British documentarian and writer. He has also worked as a television producer, director and narrator. He works for BBC Current Affairs. His programmes express a clear, albeit sometimes controversial, opinion about their subject.



this one is for Erm - It may be old news or skewed but fascinating vewing nonetheless. All about how America has bullshitted, blindly forged ahead with it's global posturing and the creation of the Taliban/Al Qaeda as an inadvertant response...



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this one is also essential viewing



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as is this....goddamn it all of his work is fascinating....DISCUSS!!!



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[baron von blondle]

WATCH THE FUCKING FILMS YOU FEARFUL CONSUMERS!!!!!!!!!!

[Verbal]

but what does that have to do with star trek?

[jawn galliano]

i've had century of the self kicking around for a few months now but i haven't had the chance to watch through the whole thing just yet, beginning part was quite good though

[baron von blondle]

there is not enough discussion around this subject, you all need to educate yourself

[baron von blondle]

none of you muppets had the time to review my shower of wisdom upon you?

[Abzu]

I was previously unaware of this. I will watch in this and the next period.

[baron von blondle]

his work is essential viewing for the enquiring mind

[jawn galliano]

he's got a new essay about the history of think tanks that i started reading yesterday, it's good stuff

[baron von blondle]

[quote name="Derek Waters"]he's got a new essay about the history of think tanks that i started reading yesterday, it's good stuff[/quote]



hook a brother up?

[jawn galliano]

yeah it occurred to me i probably should've just linked that to begin with



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[baron von blondle]

fankyou.



ALl the documentaries and this reading just makes me feel like the world has gone mad and he's the only person with any sense!