The irony of "Black Mirror" is that you people who think you have the truth, judge others arbitrarily, and exercise the power of life and death over others! In "White Bear Justice Park" (S2E02), how far are the "justices" who watched criminals abused and the criminals who tortured and killed little girls? People who make death threats to others on social networks (S3E06), people who think prostitutes, pedophiles should be damned (S3E03), how much more noble are you than them? When people hide in the group and give up being responsible for the consequences of their words and deeds, when people hide behind anonymity and no longer fear to take responsibility, how much malice will erupt - "Black Mirror" makes people feel cold after watching , because everyone around him is a poison, even himself. Unfortunately, there are still too many people who do it as poison without knowing it.
"Black Mirror" has entered its third season. Although the third season has received a lot of bad reviews, its discussion of the evil of technology amplifying human nature has never changed. Since the release of the first season in 2013, every episode of the screenwriter's imagination of technology has opened up people's minds, connected to the current reality, and felt extremely reasonable. Today, there are several technologies imagined in the play that have begun to take shape in reality, such as the use of big data on social networks to restore the state of people (S2E01), such as live broadcasts (S1E01), such as talent shows. Mechanism (S1E02)... The imagination of technology in each episode is synchronized with the trend of scientific and technological development in reality, making people feel that it will be the inevitable next step. Therefore, the consequences reflected in each episode make people have to admit that this will be the future we will bear. Technology has never been the real concern of the show. What it cares about is human nature, how human nature shapes new rules and how to exert power in new rules. And the plot of each episode tells us that the screenwriter has no confidence in human nature. Maliciousness, darkness, cowardice, hypocrisy... The living environment is constantly improving, but these characteristics have not weakened. In an increasingly convenient life, they have become a weapon to hurt others and themselves.
The process of watching "Black Mirror" is very uncomfortable. Every time I watch an episode, I have to take a break to calm down my mood, so as not to be too pessimistic about the world I live in. Black Mirror strips away the illusion of taking care of each other's faces in life, allowing you to see the ruthlessness of yourself and the people around you. If the development of technology will always be accompanied by these dark places, do you still have expectations for the future?
In the past year, cyberbullying has become an important issue on social networks. Star Qiao Renliang committed suicide due to long-term verbal attacks. Jing Boran and athlete Zhang Shuai quit Weibo because they couldn't stand the malicious words on the Internet and used "close xx account" Do a search, you can see many cases of unbearable online language violence. In the past year, Internet celebrities have come to the forefront and become an important force in influencing society. Behind them is the realization of attention and the birth of new social rules. All of these trends are reflected in Black Mirror, and we are in a torrent toward the future it describes. We used to think that the challenge in the future was the struggle between humans and intelligent machines, and "Black Mirror" tells us that our opponent is always ourselves.
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