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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.
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.
(HD) All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace - Intro
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Description
We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.
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CastAdam CurtisAyn RandStewart BrandPeder AnkerDavid AttenboroughRichard BrautiganBill ClintonRichard DawkinsTord BjörkDaniel BotkinBarbara BrandenNathaniel BrandenRachel CarpenterJay ForresterRandall GibsonAl GoreMolly HollenbachKevin KellyJohn McCaskeyJoan MitchellKevin O'ConnorKeniche OhmaeSteward PickettKathleen PriceStephen RoachRobert RubinMichael RuseJames SchwartzPeter SchwartzJoseph StiglitzDave SwiftPeter J. TaylorAlvin TofflerFred TurnerLoren CarpenterDian FosseyAlan Greenspan
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Premiere DateMay 23, 2011
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Rating8.22 (50)
