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Great read. Thanks for sharing. I am not familiar with Adam Curtis' work but will be looking for more!

by myrloc 2y ago

000ooo000 2y ago
His 4-part Century of the Self series is on Youtube, IIRC. Interesting watch. Hypernormalisation didn't grab me as much.
- aporetics 2y ago
  I think “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head” may be of more interest, topically, to hacker news readers, because it converges on the use of computing as a means of controlling social unrest.
  - switch007 2y ago
    Can watch it here https://thoughtmaybe.com/cant-get-you-out-of-my-head/ https://thoughtmaybe.com/cant-get-you-out-of-my-head/
- mhh__ 2y ago
  Hypernormalisation is kind of a miss. It might be true, but it doesn't work because Curtis himself is hypernormalising — he isn't a journalist, he tells stories and emotions rather than a left-brained truth.
optimalsolver 2y ago
As noted below, Century Of The Self would probably be the best starting point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04
krmboya 2y ago
Got started with the series "All watched over my machines of loving grace". I think more engineers and technologists who build systems that affects people's lives at a large scale need to watch those.
- tsunamifury 2y ago
  If there wa required viewing for entering big tech. This would be it.
mhh__ 2y ago
I'd go as far as saying that he's the only genuinely serious person in his domain (on TV at least) at this point . Others have recommended "the century of self" for example which is great but I highly recommend his earlier stuff like "Pandora's box" and "The Mayfair set"
- untwerp 2y ago
  +1 for Pandora's Box. The conclusion sums it up nicely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FDrA7yUdFc&t=2466s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FDrA7yUdFc&t=2466s
itsoktocry 2y ago
>I am not familiar with Adam Curtis' work but will be looking for more! You're in for a treat, then. He has hours of wonderful documentaries. https://watchdocumentaries.com/tag/adam-curtis/ https://watchdocumentaries.com/tag/adam-curtis/

Great read. Thanks for sharing. I am not familiar with Adam Curtis' work but will be looking for more!

by myrloc 2y ago

Great read. Thanks for sharing. I am not familiar with Adam Curtis' work but will be looking for more!

His 4-part Century of the Self series is on Youtube, IIRC. Interesting watch. Hypernormalisation didn't grab me as much.

aporetics 2y ago
I think “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head” may be of more interest, topically, to hacker news readers, because it converges on the use of computing as a means of controlling social unrest.
- switch007 2y ago
  Can watch it here https://thoughtmaybe.com/cant-get-you-out-of-my-head/ https://thoughtmaybe.com/cant-get-you-out-of-my-head/
mhh__ 2y ago
Hypernormalisation is kind of a miss. It might be true, but it doesn't work because Curtis himself is hypernormalising — he isn't a journalist, he tells stories and emotions rather than a left-brained truth.

optimalsolver 2y ago

As noted below, Century Of The Self would probably be the best starting point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04

krmboya 2y ago

Got started with the series "All watched over my machines of loving grace". I think more engineers and technologists who build systems that affects people's lives at a large scale need to watch those.

tsunamifury 2y ago
If there wa required viewing for entering big tech. This would be it.

mhh__ 2y ago

I'd go as far as saying that he's the only genuinely serious person in his domain (on TV at least) at this point . Others have recommended "the century of self" for example which is great but I highly recommend his earlier stuff like "Pandora's box" and "The Mayfair set"

untwerp 2y ago
+1 for Pandora's Box. The conclusion sums it up nicely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FDrA7yUdFc&t=2466s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FDrA7yUdFc&t=2466s

itsoktocry 2y ago

>I am not familiar with Adam Curtis' work but will be looking for more! You're in for a treat, then. He has hours of wonderful documentaries. https://watchdocumentaries.com/tag/adam-curtis/ https://watchdocumentaries.com/tag/adam-curtis/