I bought this Video DVD a while ago and found it very interesting, now I found it for downloading and if you are bored or curious why we behave like we do, watch it... "How politicians and business learned to create and manipulate mass-consumer society. Adam Curtis, The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests? Freud provided useful tools for understanding the secret desires of the masses. Unwittingly, his work served as the precursor to a world full of political spin doctors, marketing moguls, and society's belief that the pursuit of satisfaction and happiness is man's ultimate goal." The Century of the Self - Part 1
