Black Mirror and Philosophy

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"Territory. Unlike other television shows about technology and future dystopias, Black Mirror taps in to something eerily familiar to our everyday world, and has proved prescient on more than one occasion. The writing talent on the show demonstrates a proven pedigree of handling high-complexity subjects for popular audiences--Charlie Brooker, who is an award-winning newspaper columnist as well as a scriptwriter, has important things to say about how technology shapes the universe of human discourse and action, including how it institutes new, more effective, and ever-more-pleasing forms of social control. The show has a rich basis for philosophical exploration, with the following mainstream media articles revealing only the tip of the iceberg"-- Provided by publisher