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Episode 48 - Black Mirror

Nir and J discuss the show Black Mirror, the now archetypal tech dystopian cultural phenomenon. In almost every episode, technology is the villain. What rarely appears is a legislature, a regulator, or anyone organizing with anybody else. Technology simply arrives, and the only available moral is individual failure. Dystopian narratives are popular, but what work do they do? Do they spur us to action or disempower us? What would a tech realist version look like?

Show Notes:

 

Be Right Back - s2e1 - What if we could record and replay every experience?  

Metalhead- s4e5 - What if Terminator apocalypse with robot dogs?   

San Junipero - s3e4 - What if we could upload our minds to virtual heaven?  

Common People - s7e1 - What if capitalism enshittified brain-computer interfaces?  

Years and Years 

 

As always, listeners can contact us at prostheticgods@gmail.com with questions, comments, and suggestions for future topics.

Credits:

Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits
Music & Production by Jake Burley

Philosophy
Society & Culture
Technology
English
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