Max Steuer thinks The Trap is flawed too:
Curtis makes much play of game theorists as examples of the architects of the trap. But he misunderstands the concept; game theory does not mean that we should treat life as a competitive game. The heart of game theory is to suggest that in many instances there are strategic interactions between people, and that people, in choosing what to do, try to take account of the likely responses of others. Curtis sees these ideas as encouraging manipulative selfish action (although in fact most of the recent work in game theory has been about co-operation rather than competition). ...
Adam Curtis and BBC2 deserve much credit for keeping alive the idea of the ambitious, single-voice television essay. But there is something deeply worrying when the style of debate we are given plays with ideas without understanding them, and exploits our fascination with conspiracies.