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Ask HN: Please recommend some good documentaries to watch

• robin_reala 10y ago
  In general? Any specific subjects?
  • brogrammer2 10y ago
    Any subject would do I guess, I loved The Inside Job and some works from David Attenborough ..
• airbreather 10y ago
  Anything by Adam Curtis
  • brogrammer2 10y ago
    Thanks, I liked The Century of the self which was, as I just found out, made by Adam Curtis .. will definitely check out his other stuff ...
• mattbgates 10y ago
  Anything by Alan Watts.
  • CuriouslyC 10y ago
    Alan is an amazing speaker, but he tends to ramble a bit. I would suggest reading "On the taboo against knowing who you are" as a fairly tight (~150 page) condensation of his ideas.
    • mattbgates 10y ago
      Haha.. I have to admit, I can only take him in small doses. What he says is wonderful and it does make sense, but it can be intense. Definitely need some time to pause or just "digest" some of the things he is saying.
• runningdev 10y ago
  Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5275828/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5275828/