Day: May 25, 2011

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All Quiet on the Eastern Front

E&T magazine

Over two months have passed since the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami hit Japan, and all has gone eerily quiet from the East. In this podcast, E&T features editor, Vitali Vitaliev, meets Mr Koji Omi, Japan’s former Minister for Science and Technology Policy and the country’s former Minister of Finance, to talk exclusively about Japan’s disaster and why he is still pro-nuclear. Listen to Episode 4 here Erika Burrows Continue reading All Quiet on the Eastern Front

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Not to be missed: BBC2 series “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace”

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DON’T MISS “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” – a series of three mesmerising films showing on BBC2, created by Bafta award-winning film maker Adam Curtis. This fascinating series examines the idea that the way we see the world today is a distortion of reality, created by the computers that we built. In his unique way (if a little bewildering at times), Curtis explores the notion that rather than liberating us, computers have simplified our view of the world and are dictating how we live. The first episode in the series, Love and Power, was aired on Monday … Continue reading Not to be missed: BBC2 series “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace”