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HyperNormalisation 2016

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What it is

Adam Curtis's 2016 BBC documentary HyperNormalisation, about 160 minutes long. It cuts together roughly forty years of politics, finance and technology to argue that people have retreated into a simplified fake world.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Strongly and repeatedly recommended as a visually distinctive documentary and a guide to postmodern ideas on politics, truth and technology.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 4 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “he's essentially cross cut the last 40 years into a 3 hour cliff notes guide to some of the darker corners of postmodern philosophy.”

    Condenses 40 years into a bleak guide to postmodern philosophy.

    mcphilip, 2016-12 · Strong recommendation · in “A bigger problem than ISIS: The Mosul Dam is failing”

  2. “Hypernormalisation is an awesome documentary that actually covers this subject. If you've got a couple hours to kill I highly recommend it.”

    Awesome documentary covering this subject.

    alistproducer2, 2017-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Will automation generate social massive protests?”

  3. “I have been looking for another documentary as visual appealing, as evolving as this one”

    Visually appealing, evolving documentary unmatched by others.

    bartcobain, 2018-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?”

  4. “Adam Curtis is a brilliant film maker.”

    Brilliant filmmaker; this and Bitter Lake worth watching.

    onion2k, 2020-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Do We Have Victorians to Thank for Consumerism?”

  5. “There's a great documentary about this by Adam Curtis”

    Adam Curtis documentary on truth under fire.

    krenoten, 2016-12 · Recommendation · in “Leonardo Da Vinci Lost Drawing Discovered”

  6. “I recommend watching Adam Curtis' documentary called Hypernormalisation to get a sense of how badly this can get abused by political operatives.”

    Shows how badly this can be abused by political operatives.

    m_ke, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “South Park creators have new political satire series with AI-generated deepfakes”

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Topics: adam curtis, politics, postmodernism, media, cyberspace

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