Adam Curtis Returns

[rich]

something to look forward to

https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2021/cgyoomh

The films trace different forces across the world that have led to now, not
just in the West, but in China and Russia as well. It covers a wide range -
including the strange roots of modern conspiracy theories, the history of
China, opium and opiods, the history of Artificial Intelligence, melancholy
over the loss of empire and, love and power. And explores whether modern
culture, despite its radicalism, is really just part of the new system of
power.