I���ve watched a few BBC documentaries by Adam Curtis now, and I have a lot of respect for his ability to articulate ideas, and delve into history. A friend sent HyperNomalisation my way a little while ago. I watched it last night, and this is my initial impression.

Curtis starts in the mid-70s and moves up to present day, bouncing back and forth between economic changes in New York, and political changes in the Middle East. The two seem completely unrelated, until he starts to develop his thesis...