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All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

20118.21 Season3 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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.

Created by Dominic Crossley-Holland
Produced by Lucy Kelsall
NetworksBBC Two

Top Cast

Adam Curtis

Adam Curtis

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

Stewart Brand

Stewart Brand

Self

P

Peder Anker

Self

David Attenborough

David Attenborough

Self

Richard Brautigan

Richard Brautigan

Self

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

Self

T

Tord Björk

Self

D

Daniel Botkin

Self

Themes & Keywords

man vs machinecivil wargorillatechnologydnarevolutioncommuneindustrialistmathematical theoremcongorace politicssilicon valleyprogresscomputerrwandan genocidehivgenocidefree willmachineeugenicsselfishnessfinancial crisismankindimperialismfederal reservescience and technologygenealogyaltruismobjectivismself-determinationecosystemoperating systemspseudo sciencegeodesic dometechno-utopiannew economyimfcyberneticsfeedback loopsenvironmental movementholismnatural order

About All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace is a documentary, war & politics series that first aired in 2011 exploring themes of man vs machine, civil war, gorilla, technology, dna, revolution. Created by Dominic Crossley-Holland, it stars Adam Curtis, Ayn Rand, Stewart Brand. 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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