Human Resources – Social Engineering in the 20th Century explores the rise of mechanistic philosphy and the exploitation of human beings under modern hierarhical systems. Topics covered include behaviorism, scientific management, work-place democracy, schooling, frustration-aggression hypothesis and human experimentation.
The film includes original interviews with: “Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Rebecca Lemov (“World as Laboratory”
, Christopher Simpson (“The Science of Coercion”
, George Ritzer (“The McDonaldization of Society”
, Morris Berman (“The Reenchantment of the World”
, John Taylor Gatto (“Dumbing us Down”
, Alfie Kohn (“What does it mean to be well educated?”
and others.