[whyhellothere]

Adam Curtis is one of the most important documentary film thinkers of this or any other generation. Seminal.

'The Loving Trap' (2011) is a good place to start exploring this visionaries ground breaking work...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bX3F7uTrg

Why is this on hacker news?

[new299]

I'm also not sure why it's on hacker news, but his blog post are always wonderfully detailed and fascinating.

Perhaps this is more appropriate for hacker news though:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_of...

[pav3l]

I agree, even if you don't agree with Adam Curtis's politics, his documentaries are very thought provoking and well worth watching. Some of my favourites include "The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream", "The Century of self", "Pandora's Box", "All watched over by Machines Loving Grace". If you enjoyed this particular blog post, check out "The Power of Nightmares".

[gadders]

He may be important, but that doesn't make him right. He makes interesting programs, but there are plenty of dissenting views.