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** Apple's face-scanning technology and [=TrueDepth=] camera is getting close to making the tech side of the moral reality.
--->''"Meanwhile, ''Black Mirror'' presumably got back to the work of its horror-based arms race, as the show continues to try to find a doomsday prophecy that tech giants might still view as a warning, and not a corporate benchmark for Q2 2018."'' -- [[https://www.avclub.com/black-mirror-takes-credit-for-apples-latest-techno-dyst-1805640886 The AV Club]]
--->''"Meanwhile, ''Black Mirror'' presumably got back to the work of its horror-based arms race, as the show continues to try to find a doomsday prophecy that tech giants might still view as a warning, and not a corporate benchmark for Q2 2018."'' -- [[https://www.avclub.com/black-mirror-takes-credit-for-apples-latest-techno-dyst-1805640886 The AV Club]]
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You know how this show is about a NightmareFuel-inducing [[EverythingIsAnIpodInTheFuture technocratic]] {{dystopia}}? Just making sure.
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You know how this show is about a NightmareFuel-inducing [[EverythingIsAnIpodInTheFuture technocratic]] technological]] {{dystopia}}? Just making sure.sure.
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* ''The National Anthem'': In which the British Prime Minister is blackmailed into [[BestialityIsDepraved fucking a pig]]. Introducing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggate Piggate]], the scandal caused by [[UsefulNotes/DavidCameron the British Prime Minister]] fucking a pig. This one, however, was dead before penetration. Makes it better, huh.
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* ''The National Anthem'': In which the British Prime Minister is blackmailed into [[BestialityIsDepraved fucking a pig]]. Introducing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggate Piggate]], the scandal caused by [[UsefulNotes/DavidCameron the British Prime Minister]] allegedly fucking a pig. This one, however, was dead before penetration. Makes it better, huh.
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** Charlie Brooker noted this in his Emmy acceptance speech for "San Junipero": "People are saying the world is like a ''Black Mirror'' episode now. I like to think I wouldn't have been quite so on the nose, with the Nazis and everything."
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Well, if we're name-dropping the elections, wouldn't be fair to leave out Farage. And by election, rather than name - it's a bit slanderous and I wouldn't put it past Trump to check TVT
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* ''The Waldo Moment'': A television entertainer and larger-than-life mascot entering a political race on a seemingly joke platform and who is openly crude with radical society-shifting policies but wins over the public? It's so bizarre that in the episode, though Waldo gained support, he didn't ultimately win. And yet, [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in real life]], life, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2016 America saw it happen.]]]] Could also be said that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brexit Britain did, too]].
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** While rudimentary parental controls have been around for years, they've gotten increasingly smarter in the last decade; the "Mobicip" app, for instance, allows parents to block not only sites promoting gambling or alcohol but also dating and chat sites, and blocking adult or violent content. Other apps allow parents to track their child wherever they go, spy on who they talk to, and shut their phone off whenever they choose.
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** While rudimentary parental controls have been around for years, they've gotten increasingly smarter in the last decade; the"Mobicip" Mobicip app, for instance, allows parents to block not only sites promoting gambling or alcohol but also dating and chat sites, and blocking adult or violent content. Other apps allow parents to track their child wherever they go, spy on who they talk to, and shut their phone off whenever they choose.
** While rudimentary parental controls have been around for years, they've gotten increasingly smarter in the last decade; the
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** While rudimentary parental controls have been around for years, they've gotten increasingly smarter in the last decade; the "Mobicip" app, for instance, allows parents to block not only sites promoting gambling or alcohol but also dating and chat sites, and blocking adult or violent content. Other apps allow parents to track their child wherever they go, spy on who they talk to, and shut their phone off whenever they choose.
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** The Alaskan government have banned the opportunity to post bail when arrested, replacing it with [[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alaska/articles/2018-01-01/alaskas-criminal-bail-changes-to-point-based-system?int=news-rec a social points system]] that will give the individual bail if they are ranked highly enough.
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** The Alaskan government have banned the opportunity to post bail when arrested, replacing it with [[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alaska/articles/2018-01-01/alaskas-criminal-bail-changes-to-point-based-system?int=news-rec a social points system]] that will give the individual bail if they are ranked highly enough. It's promoted with the positives that more people who can't afford bail will be able to get it, and the rich but bad people won't.
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* ''The Waldo Moment'': A television entertainer and larger-than-life mascot entering a political race on a seemingly joke platform and who is openly crude with radical society-shifting policies but wins over the public? It's so bizarre that in the episode, though Waldo gained support, he didn't ultimately win. And yet, [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in real life]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2016 America saw it happen]].
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* ''The Waldo Moment'': A television entertainer and larger-than-life mascot entering a political race on a seemingly joke platform and who is openly crude with radical society-shifting policies but wins over the public? It's so bizarre that in the episode, though Waldo gained support, he didn't ultimately win. And yet, [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in real life]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2016 America saw it happen]].happen.]]
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* ''The Waldo Moment'': A television entertainer and larger-than-life mascot entering a political race on a seemingly joke platform and who is openly crude with radical society-shifting policies but wins over the public? It's so bizarre that in the episode, though Waldo gained support, he didn't ultimately win. And yet, [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump in real life, life]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2016 America saw it happen.happen]].
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** That news article includes reference to Orwell and the line "If a novelist tried to create the worst dystopia they could think of as a harrowing but necessary warning to us all, this plot point would easily be dismissed as too ridiculous." to give more reason for facepalming.
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** Sony ''almost'' attempted this on the PS4, as shown by this [[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=514438 patent]].
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* ''Be Right Back'': Artificial Intelligence recreating a dead loved one? Say hello to [[https://decider.com/2016/10/06/black-mirror-woman-texting-dead-friend/ Luka]], an A.I startup created specifically for doing this. Extra points for being ''directly'' inspired by this episode.
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* ''Be Right Back'': Artificial Intelligence recreating a dead loved one? one through messages? Say hello to [[https://decider.com/2016/10/06/black-mirror-woman-texting-dead-friend/ Luka]], an A.I startup created specifically for doing this. Extra points for being ''directly'' inspired [[https://www.theverge.com/a/luka-artificial-intelligence-memorial-roman-mazurenko-bot inspired]] by this episode.
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* ''Be Right Back'': Artificial Intelligence recreating a dead loved one? Say hello to [[https://decider.com/2016/10/06/black-mirror-woman-texting-dead-friend/ Luka]].
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* ''Be Right Back'': Artificial Intelligence recreating a dead loved one? Say hello to [[https://decider.com/2016/10/06/black-mirror-woman-texting-dead-friend/ Luka]].Luka]], an A.I startup created specifically for doing this. Extra points for being ''directly'' inspired by this episode.
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* ''Be Right Back'': Artificial Intelligence recreating a dead loved one? Say hello to [[https://decider.com/2016/10/06/black-mirror-woman-texting-dead-friend/ Luka]].
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** [[https://imgur.com/dmtHsim This story]] about a school student setting up a twitter account for people to send anonymous hate to, then broadcasting all the people who had done it, shows that even children are capable of doing this.
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* ''The Waldo Moment'': A television entertainer and larger-than-life mascot entering a political race on a seemingly joke platform and who is openly crude with radical society-shifting policies but wins over the public? It's so bizarre that in the episode, though Waldo gained support, he didn't ultimately win. And yet, in real life.
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* ''The Waldo Moment'': A television entertainer and larger-than-life mascot entering a political race on a seemingly joke platform and who is openly crude with radical society-shifting policies but wins over the public? It's so bizarre that in the episode, though Waldo gained support, he didn't ultimately win. And yet, in real life.life, America saw it happen.
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* ''Hated in the Nation'': [[https://www.newscientist.com/article/2120832-robotic-bee-could-help-pollinate-crops-as-real-bees-decline/ Robot bees]], engineered out of concern for declining bee populations.
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** [[https://www.newscientist.com/article/2120832-robotic-bee-could-help-pollinate-crops-as-real-bees-decline/ Robot bees]], engineered out of concern for declining beepopulations.populations.
** Writing hate on Twitter [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Can. Be. Dangerous!]]
** [[https://www.newscientist.com/article/2120832-robotic-bee-could-help-pollinate-crops-as-real-bees-decline/ Robot bees]], engineered out of concern for declining bee
** Writing hate on Twitter [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Can. Be. Dangerous!]]
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* ''The Entire History of You'': The introduction of, first the Google Glass, and then Facebook's Timeline feature, are coming scarily close to enabling 24/7 recordings of not just our lives, but how we perceived them.
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* ''The Entire History of You'': The introduction of, first the [[https://www.ft.com/content/3488b1d2-fd59-11e3-96a9-00144feab7de Google Glass, Glass]], and then Facebook's Timeline feature, are coming scarily close to enabling 24/7 recordings of not just our lives, but how we perceived them.
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* ''Fifteen Million Merits'': British people were not happy when it was revealed that some public bathrooms, and all bathrooms on national express trains, would play unskippable adverts on repeat whenever the doors were locked. What's worse: uncontrollable privacy, or uncontrollable advertisements?
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* ''Fifteen Million Merits'': British people were not happy when it was revealed that some public bathrooms, and all bathrooms on national express trains, [[https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/technology/2017/11/2017-virgin-trains-daddys-home-2-forced-advertisement-toilet would play unskippable adverts on repeat whenever the doors were locked. locked]]. What's worse: uncontrollable privacy, or uncontrollable advertisements?advertisements?
** That news article includes reference to Orwell and the line "If a novelist tried to create the worst dystopia they could think of as a harrowing but necessary warning to us all, this plot point would easily be dismissed as too ridiculous." to give more reason for facepalming.
** That news article includes reference to Orwell and the line "If a novelist tried to create the worst dystopia they could think of as a harrowing but necessary warning to us all, this plot point would easily be dismissed as too ridiculous." to give more reason for facepalming.
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** Apparently the real life Chinese government is toying with plans to implement a "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Credit_System social credit]]" system plan for their people.
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* ''The Entire History of You'': The introduction of, first the Google Glass, and then Facebook's Timeline feature, are coming scarily close to enabling 24/7 recordings of not just our lives, but how we perceive theme.
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* ''Nosedive'': A life based off of social ratings from others' opinions is not sane, or safe. But...
** Apparently the real life Chinese government is toying with plans to implement a "social credit" system plan for their people.
** The "peeple" app, which is basically rate your friends.
** Rate My Professor, something that's actually been around for ages, which has totally never caused any damage, ever.
** Apparently the real life Chinese government is toying with plans to implement a "social credit" system plan for their people.
** The "peeple" app, which is basically rate your friends.
** Rate My Professor, something that's actually been around for ages, which has totally never caused any damage, ever.
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You know how this show is about a NightmareFuel-inducing [[EverythingIsAnIpodInTheFuture technocratic]] {{dystopia}}? Just making sure.
* ''The National Anthem'': In which the British Prime Minister is blackmailed into [[BestialityIsDepraved fucking a pig]]. Introducing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggate Piggate]], the scandal caused by [[UsefulNotes/DavidCameron the British Prime Minister]] fucking a pig. This one, however, was dead before penetration. Makes it better, huh.
* ''The Entire History of You'': The introduction of, first the Google Glass, and then Facebook's Timeline feature, are coming scarily close to enabling 24/7 recordings of not just our lives, but how we perceive theme.
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* ''The National Anthem'': In which the British Prime Minister is blackmailed into [[BestialityIsDepraved fucking a pig]]. Introducing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggate Piggate]], the scandal caused by [[UsefulNotes/DavidCameron the British Prime Minister]] fucking a pig. This one, however, was dead before penetration. Makes it better, huh.
* ''The Entire History of You'': The introduction of, first the Google Glass, and then Facebook's Timeline feature, are coming scarily close to enabling 24/7 recordings of not just our lives, but how we perceive theme.
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