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The Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happiness Machines"

JustAdamCurtis · 13 recommenders · 9 months

The first part of Adam Curtis' documentary series on Sigmund Freud and his nephew Edward Bernays, who invented public relations. It shows how Bernays used Freud's ideas to link mass-produced goods to unconscious desires and create modern consumer persuasion.

Hacker News 读者推荐理由: HN commenters recommend it constantly in threads about advertising, propaganda and manipulation as the origin story of the consumer society.

13 recommenders4 strong recommendations2017–2025
Media, journalism & propagandaDocumentaries & storytellingPsychology & human behavior#adam curtis#edward bernays#freud#advertising#propaganda#consumerism

“There's a great four-part documentary by Adam Curtis about Edward Bernays”

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