Shannon Keel
December 2, 2016
Dr. Fazzino
Anthropology 102-01 Discussion 5: The Monkey In the Machine and the Machine In the Monkey.
The final installment of Adam Curtis’ All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace takes a look at why humanity finds the idea of a world entirely run by machines so tempting. The film’s argument is that humanity has succumbed to dreaming of machine fantasies because our own attempts at changing the world for the better have failed so miserably. Now, we dream of a world where we as humans have no control over the actions performed on our planet, that way we can excuse our failures. It’s a very bleak and sorrowful outlook on the fate of humanity. Curtis’ negativity is now extremely familiar. The documentary
December 2, 2016
Dr. Fazzino
Anthropology 102-01 Discussion 5: The Monkey In the Machine and the Machine In the Monkey.
The final installment of Adam Curtis’ All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace takes a look at why humanity finds the idea of a world entirely run by machines so tempting. The film’s argument is that humanity has succumbed to dreaming of machine fantasies because our own attempts at changing the world for the better have failed so miserably. Now, we dream of a world where we as humans have no control over the actions performed on our planet, that way we can excuse our failures. It’s a very bleak and sorrowful outlook on the fate of humanity. Curtis’ negativity is now extremely familiar. The documentary