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The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey
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.
Writing:
- Adam Curtis
Release Date:
Mon, May 23, 2011
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime:
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime:
Adam Curtis
Self - Narrator (voice)
Stewart Brand
Self
Peder Anker
Self
David Attenborough
Self
Richard Brautigan
Self
Bill Clinton
Self
Richard Dawkins
Self
Tord Björk
Self
Daniel Botkin
Self
Barbara Branden
Self
Nathaniel Branden
Self
Rachel Carpenter
Self
Jay Forrester
Self
Randall Gibson
Self
Al Gore
Self
Molly Hollenbach
Self
Kevin Kelly
Self
John McCaskey
Self
Joan Mitchell
Self
Kevin O'Connor
Self
Keniche Ohmae
Self
Steward Pickett
Self
Kathleen Price
Self
Stephen Roach
Self
Robert Rubin
Self
Michael Ruse
Self
James Schwartz
Self
Peter Schwartz
Self
Joseph Stiglitz
Self
Dave Swift
Self
Peter J. Taylor
Self
Alvin Toffler
Self
Fred Turner
Self
Loren Carpenter
Self
Season 1:
In the first episode, Curtis tracks the effects of Ayn Rand's ideas on American financial markets, particularly via the influence on Alan Greenspan.
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.
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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