England) BBC Two (Television station : London
Description
A television series about how humans have been colonized by the machines we have built. Although we don't realize it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.
Love and power: Traces the influence of Ayn Rand's ideas on American financial markets and the technology industry.
The abuse of vegetational concepts: Investigates how machine ideas such as cybernetics and systems theory were applied to natural ecosystems,...
2) Wolf Hall
Description
Thomas Cromwell is a brutal blacksmith's son who rises from the ashes of personal disaster and deftly picks his way through a court where 'man is wolf to man.' King Henry VIII is obsessed with protecting the Tudor dynasty by securing his succession with a male heir to the throne. Told from Cromwell's perspective, "Wolf Hall" follows the complex machinations and back room dealings of this pragmatic and accomplished power broker who must serve king...