All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.

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Created By

Adam Curtis

Status

Ended

Original Name

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

First Air Date

May 23, 2011

Last Air Date

June 6, 2011

Seasons

Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

BBC

Networks

BBC Two

S01E03

The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey

This programme looked into the selfish gene theory which holds that humans are machines controlled by genes which was invented by William Hamilton. Adam Curtis also covered the source of ethnic conflict that was created by Belgian colonialism's artificial creation of a racial divide and the ensuing slaughter that occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is a source of raw material for computers and cell phones.

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