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 23rd May at 9pm on BBC2, and is available on iPlayer until 13th June.
The second episode, The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts, will be aired on Monday 30th May at 9pm on BBC2.
The final episode, The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey, will be aired on Monday 6th June at 9pm on BBC2.
Erika Burrows
Engineering & Technology magazine 