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The Best Episodes of All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

Every episode of All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace!

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We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Season 1 Episode 1 - Love and Power
    8.1/10(142 votes)

    #1 - Love and Power

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    In the first episode, Curtis tracks the effects of Ayn Rand's ideas on American financial markets, particularly via the influence on Alan Greenspan.

    Director:Adam Curtis
    Writer:Adam Curtis

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  2. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Season 1 Episode 2 - The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts
    8.1/10(120 votes)

    #2 - The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts

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    This episode investigates how machine ideas such as cybernetics and systems theory were applied to natural ecosystems, and how this relates to the false idea that there is a balance of nature. Cybernetics has been applied to human beings to attempt to build societies without central control, self organising networks built of people, based on a fantasy view of nature.

    Director:Adam Curtis
    Writer:Adam Curtis

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  3. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Season 1 Episode 3 - The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey
    8.1/10(118 votes)

    #3 - The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey

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    This programme looked into the selfish gene theory which holds that humans are machines controlled by genes which was invented by William Hamilton. Adam Curtis also covered the source of ethnic conflict that was created by Belgian colonialism's artificial creation of a racial divide and the ensuing slaughter that occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is a source of raw material for computers and cell phones.

    Director:Adam Curtis
    Writer:Adam Curtis

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Best Episodes Summary

"Love and Power" is the best rated episode of "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace". It scored 8.1/10 based on 142 votes. Directed by Adam Curtis and written by Adam Curtis, it aired on 5/23/2011. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts".