Category Archives: Adam Curtis

Cutting Through The Matrix with Alan Watt – 11-4-18

Cold, Ruthless Algorithms Dissect Conversation, Punishing, Applauding, Methodically Persuading, In Leer of Our Overseer Hints a Smile Sardonic, No Other Gods Before Him, Whiffs of the Demonic. Topics: Time is Flying – Persinger’s Field Theory – Techniques of Control – Bertrand Russell – Trained to

The Power Of Nightmares

The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear is a BBC television documentary series by Adam Curtis. Part 1: Baby Its Cold Outside The first part of the series explains the origins of Islamism and neoconservatism. It shows Egyptian civil servant Sayyid

The Century of the Self

The Century of the Self is a 2002 British television documentary series by filmmaker Adam Curtis. It focuses on the work of psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Anna Freud, and PR consultant Edward Bernays.  In episode one, Curtis says, “This series is about how those in