All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

ENDED1 Seasons3 Episodes8.2
NetworkBBC Two
First AiredMay 23, 2011
Last AiredJun 6, 2011
Created ByAdam Curtis

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.

Cast

Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand
Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand
Self
P
Peder Anker
Self
David Attenborough
David Attenborough
Self
Richard Brautigan
Richard Brautigan
Self
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
Self
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
Self
T
Tord Björk
Self
D
Daniel Botkin
Self
B
Barbara Branden
Self
N
Nathaniel Branden
Self

Seasons & Episodes1 season · 3 episodes

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Love and Power
E1Love and Power
May 23, 20119.0
In the first episode, Curtis tracks the effects of Ayn Rand's ideas on American financial markets, particularly via the influence on Alan Greenspan.
The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts
E2The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts
May 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.
The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey
E3The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey
Jun 6, 2011
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.

About All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace is a documentary, war & politics series on BBC Two. The show first aired on May 23, 2011 and currently has 1 season and 3 episodes. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace has ended after 1 seasons. It has a rating of 8.2/10 based on 50 votes. The cast includes Adam Curtis, Ayn Rand, Stewart Brand, Peder Anker, David Attenborough. Created by Adam Curtis.

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