I have always thought that pandas, in evolutionary terms, are the most sophisticated animals in the world. They cannot look after themselves; they are useless at reproducing. But to compensate, they have managed to persuade the most advanced creatures on… — 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
