The Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happiness Machines"
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中文导读
Adam Curtis 经典纪录片第一部,聚焦 Sigmund Freud 及其外甥、现代公共关系之父 Edward Bernays,揭秘 Bernays 如何借弗洛伊德潜意识理论将工业量产商品与大众深层欲望绑定,开创现代消费说服术。
为什么 HN 推它
HN 上只要聊到广告、宣传与大众心智操控,必然会被提及的源头神作,揭示消费社会的底层成因。
「Adam Curtis 拍过一部关于 Edward Bernays 的四集纪录片,非常精彩。」HN 网友原话:There's a great four-part documentary by Adam Curtis about Edward Bernays
英文原摘要(HackerTube / Claude 整理)
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.
HN commenters recommend it constantly in threads about advertising, propaganda and manipulation as the origin story of the consumer society.
HN 上的提及
It is truly fascinating and horrific -- all 4 or 5 hours of it!
I would recommend the documentary
It's starting to all come together for me as I re-watch The Century of Self
There's a great four-part documentary by Adam Curtis about Edward Bernays
Folks in this thread may find this interesting, a 4 part documentary on Edward Bernays and the history of advertising and PR