Hypernormalisation: A Documentary of a Fake World Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola STORY AT-A-GLANCE Documentary filmmaker and BBC journalist Adam Curtis has developed a cult following for his eccentric films that combine BBC archival footage into artistic montages combined with dark narratives; his latest film, Hypernormalisation, came out in 2016 Hypernormalisation tells the story of how politicians, financiers and “technological utopians” constructed a fake world over the last four decades in an attempt to maintain power and control Their fake world is simpler than the real world by design, and as a result people went along with it because the simplicity was reassuring The film takes viewers on a timeline of recent history that appears as though you’re seeing bits and pieces of a scrapbook, but which ultimately support the larger message that the world is being controlled by a powerful few while the rest of us are willing puppets in the play Documentary filmmaker and BBC jo...