Adam Curtis Interview, 20 May 2011

Discussing Curtis' latest series of films, "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace"

via Little Atoms, http://littleatoms.com

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[tonyillahiwarren]

Good to see this is back above the 'Corbett Report' rather misleading 'Meet Adam Curtis' review. That thing feels like an instruction manual for a computer or washing machine.

[SSCFPA]

While I always find Adam's films fascinating, thought provoking, often funny and part 3 of Machines Of Loving Grace was a tour de force, the same applied to PT.3 of 'The Trap', 'We Will Force You To Be Free' too. Superb. Pretty much true of the 3rd one of 'The Power of Nightmares'. His themes in these series sort of converge the finales that have a unique power.

[futurret]

I think that the mistake in the self-organized systems is that the parts relate through self-interest or other-interest. In the traditional Christian culture, the relation was defined by "be to others as you want them to be to you". There's a covering of both the needs of the subject and the object in that relation, thereby every relation in the system gets covered in the interactions. Today, when self-interest is covered, there is no interaction and nothing grows since there is no feedback.

[MrDaverWaver]

Excellent interview! Thanks for uploading!!

[Andrew Welch]

Reason is logic. Logic = divisions and it is reductionist. Logic is also arguably a human trait. Errors come from the lack of accountability for the unpredictable, and from making the wrong decision1 ;)

[Andrew Welch]

some truth in that I think.

[scottandkarl]

Awesome interview!

[Norman Ball]

Internet v.1 distributed power. The powers-that-be got scared shitless. Internet v.2 (google/facebook/youtube) regathered power under a corporate choke-hold.

[tsunchoo]

curtis is spot-on