How did we get here? And how do we get out?
In six films, Adam Curtis traces the different forces across the world that have led to now. It covers a wide range—including the strange roots of modern conspiracy theories, the history of China, opium and opioids, the history of Artificial Intelligence, melancholy over the loss of empire and, love and power. And explores whether modern culture, despite its radicalism, is really just part of the new system of power.
The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.
How did we get here? And how do we get out?
Money replaced the grand dreams of the future. It was safer. But then money took on a life of its own.
How a fake version of Britain was invented. To hide what we had really done in the empire.
Love, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence – and You.
Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.
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