The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIXDMycMYsw&feature=PlayList&p=8D2965A956D903F5&index=0&playnext=1

This is a BBC documentary series by English filmmaker Adam Curtis. It began airing on BBC Two on 11 March 2007. The series explores the concept and definition of freedom, specifically, "how a simplistic model of human beings as self-seeking, almost robotic, creatures led to today's idea of freedom."

In the first episht. The pode, Curtis examines the rise of game theory during the Cold War and the way in which its mathematical models of human behaviour filtered into economic thougrogramme traces the development of game theory with particular reference to the work of John Nash, who believed that all humans were inherently suspicious and selfish creatures that strategised constantly. The series goes on with another 2 episodes, and it covers a broad range of disciplines which span from psychology to economics. Many prominent economists of our time have contributed to this documentary, namely; Thomas C. Schelling, Friedrich von Hayek, mathematician John Nash, and so on.

I urge all of you to check out this documentary, as we continue to pursue and explore the actual meaning of freedom in modern society.

Chik A52