Century of the Self by Adam Curtis (a documentary film)

I’ve just finished watching “The Century of the Self” by Adam Curtis. It was a documentary about Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis theory and his nephew Edward Bernay’s marketing strategies on America. Specifically, how they shaped our societies and personalities.

My major takeaways are:

1. Everyone has a good and bad side. We all have different ways to achieve what we want, some do it by manipulating the object of their desire while others are plain honest and truthful.