# Machines of Loving Grace.

Type: Note
Date: 2025-07-26
Tags: Adam Curtis, Documentary, Philosophy
Location: Sydney, Australia
Canonical: https://www.aaronroot.net/journal/all-watched-over-by-machines-of-loving-grace

I rewatched Adam Curtis’ All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace a few weeks back. The poem the documentary is based on feels like a story regression and progress at the same time.

I like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.

I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.

I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.

## Graph Connections

### Concepts
- Instruments Over Automation [concept:instruments-over-automation] (high)

### Entities
- Adam Curtis [entity:adam-curtis]
- All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace [entity:all-watched-over-by-machines-of-loving-grace]
- cybernetics [entity:cybernetics]
- Richard Brautigan [entity:richard-brautigan]

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