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.
| Title | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace - Season 1 Episode 2 The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Genre | Documentary, War & Politics |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Studio | BBC Two |
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| Cast | Adam Curtis, Ayn Rand, Stewart Brand, Peder Anker, David Attenborough, Richard Brautigan |
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| Crew | Dominic Crossley-Holland (Executive Producer), Lucy Kelsall (Producer), Emma Fowler (Production Manager) |
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| Alternative Titles | The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey |
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| Keyword | man vs machine, civil war, gorilla, technology, dna, revolution, commune, industrialist, mathematical theorem, congo, race politics, silicon valley, progress, computer, rwandan genocide, hiv, genocide, free will, machine, eugenics, selfishness, financial crisis, mankind, imperialism, federal reserve, science and technology, genealogy, altruism, objectivism, self-determination, ecosystem, operating systems, pseudo science, geodesic dome, techno-utopian, new economy, imf, cybernetics, feedback loops, environmental movement, holism, natural order |
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| First Air Date | May 23, 2011 |
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| Last Air date | Jun 06, 2011 |
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| Season | 1 Season |
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| Episode | 3 Episode |
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| Runtime | 26:14 minutes |
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| Quality | HD |
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| IMDb: | 8.30/ 10 by 45.00 users |
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| Popularity | 25.967 |
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| Language | English |
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