The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts

8.1/10 · 122 votesMay 30, 201160 min

Ranked #2 of 3 in Season 1•matches the season avg

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

Season 1 Episodes3

E1 8.1

Love and Power

E2 8.1Now viewing

The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts

E3 8.0

The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey

Cast18

Adam Curtis

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ayn Rand

Stewart Brand

Self

Peder Anker

Self

David Attenborough

Self

Richard Brautigan

Self

Bill Clinton

Self

Richard Dawkins

Self

Tord Björk

Self

Daniel Botkin

Self

Barbara Branden

Self

Nathaniel Branden

Self

Crew3

Adam Curtis

Director

Adam Curtis

Writer

Adam Curtis

Presenter

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Episode Summary

"The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts" is episode 2 of All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace season 1. It scored 8.1/10 from 122 votes, ranking #2 of 3 episodes this season (season average 8.1). Directed by Adam Curtis and written by Adam Curtis, it aired on May 30, 2011.

The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts

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Season 1 Episodes3

Cast18

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