Journalists, whose job is to pull back and tell dramatic stories that bring power into focus, find it impossible because things like economic theory are both incomprehensible and, above all, boring. The same is true of 'management science.' — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
There is a lurking sense that there is a kind of seedy corruption underlying a lot of public life today. But while journalism does a very good job of describing that corruption, it is failing to bring it into a… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
We live in a time when all elites, whether on the left or the right, believe in rigid rules that say there is no… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
So much of the language that surrounds us - from things like economics, management theory, and the algorithms built into computer systems - appears… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
Fred Hoyle was one of the first scientists to become famous on television and radio. It was because he told a dramatic story about… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
In the battle for Kobane on the Syrian border, everyone talks about the enemy - IS - and the frightening ideas that drive them.… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
I have a suspicion that the politicians' revival of the old behaviourist ideas and techniques will be helped and reinforced by a powerful ally… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
I have always wanted to make a series of films which would be like an 'emotional history' that conveys what it feels like to… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
BP is accused of destroying the wildlife and coastline of America, but if you look back into history, you find that BP did something… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
In many cruise ships, there are hundreds of workers from some of the poorest countries on earth who are paid minute amounts of actual… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
Journalists, whose job is to pull back and tell dramatic stories that bring power into focus, find it impossible because things like economic theory… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
There is a lurking sense that there is a kind of seedy corruption underlying a lot of public life today. But while journalism does… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
Tyler Kent was a horrible man. He was a rabid anti-communist who believed that the Jews had been behind the Russian Revolution. — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
Ever since the economic crisis in 2008, millions of people have accepted cuts in all sorts of things - from real wages and living… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
