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Black Mirror continues to be a 5-7yr leading indicator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror
by TuringNYC 9mo ago
Black Mirror continues to be a 5-7yr leading indicator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror
- anthk 9mo agoOrwell predates Black Mirror by decades. 1984 should be a must read for everyone.
- xnorswap 9mo agoI'd argue that makes Black Mirror more prescient. In the case of Black Mirror, it was a set of studies on the dangers of current and near technologies. That some of those fears are materialising not long after the episodes, is in my opinion more damning than Orwell's fears of the state which didn't really come to pass in the same way, even decades later. I don't disagree that Nineteen Eighty-Four is essential reading however. ( I'd also add Brave New World to that list ).
- omnimus 9mo agoWe are one renaming cycle away from renaming Department of War to Department of Love.
- barrenko 9mo ago'Years and years' disturbing as well.
- gherkinnn 9mo agoShocking. I enjoyed Black Mirror from the start but found it a bit on the nose. A Prime Minister fucking a pig? That's a bit much. And before you know it, certain rumours of David Cameron arise.
- TuringNYC 9mo agoI think that one PM episode was the only one totally out of whack. The rest were quite on point. There are dozens of episodes deep in the realm of reality. https://variety.com/lists/black-mirror-best-episodes/ https://variety.com/lists/black-mirror-best-episodes/