The Century of the Self (Full Adam Curtis Documentary)
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Adam Curtis' multi-part documentary on how Freud's ideas and Edward Bernays' public relations shaped consumer culture and political control. It argues that business and government learned to manufacture desires.
Why HN recommends it: HN recommends it often and strongly as an eye-opening account of marketing psychology and the engineering of consumer society.
“For the first time in my life I feel like I understood the “why” of how things work in American society.” Read on HN ↗