I got really into the Adam Curtis 3-part documentary in May. It explores the idea that we are all acting like little machines in one giant social networking program called ‘life’ – and it questions how much concious control we have over our own actions.
Here is part 1:
Here is a link to the BBC blog on the series:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/05/all_watched_over_by_machines_o.html