Today, I have an interesting documentary titled The History of The Devil for you. It explores how our beliefs have changed (or not?) over the centuries, and what we've done in the fight against evil.
George Carlin seems like the obvious choice to follow that, so of course I had to switch to Dave Allen with a childhood perspective:
Have we been manipulated and scared into belief in a god? Has religion been hijacked by politicians, or has it always been intertwined with politics?
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Showing posts with label control. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Social Psychology and You
Here is a very interesting film on the basics of social psychology - how groups and leaders can affect, control and manipulate followers (you). It includes the famous Stanford Prison Experiment:
That video ties in quite well with The Shock Doctrine, a short film which explores very similar themese with an emphasis on control.
Finally, I'd like to add a longer documentary which I think will have more of an impact after watching the first two videos in today's blog. Entitled "New American Century" (yes, referring to the PNAC), it attempts to cover the events of the last few years and various points in US history, and is at times reminiscent of other great documentaries such as Iraq for Sale and Why We Fight, and even some of Adam Curtis' work.
That video ties in quite well with The Shock Doctrine, a short film which explores very similar themese with an emphasis on control.
Finally, I'd like to add a longer documentary which I think will have more of an impact after watching the first two videos in today's blog. Entitled "New American Century" (yes, referring to the PNAC), it attempts to cover the events of the last few years and various points in US history, and is at times reminiscent of other great documentaries such as Iraq for Sale and Why We Fight, and even some of Adam Curtis' work.
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