<story><title>&apos;Black Mirror&apos; Is Back, Reflecting Our Technological Fears</title><url>http://www.npr.org/2016/10/21/498734538/black-mirror-is-back-reflecting-our-technological-fears</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jacquesm</author><text>What makes it so good is the fact that it is so believable. I wished I could come up with a &amp;#x27;white mirror&amp;#x27; alternative where all our tech is used for good but it wouldn&amp;#x27;t be nearly as believable. Human nature being what it is you&amp;#x27;d hope the future isn&amp;#x27;t even darker than what black mirror shows, it easily could be.</text></item><item><author>krylon</author><text>Black Mirror is really, really, really good. The writing, the cast, it is just incredible.&lt;p&gt;But it is also incredibly depressing. Maybe depressing is the wrong word. Emotionally exhausting, you might say. Well worth watching once, but I recently could not bring myself to re-watch it because it so dark. And not even dark humor, which I like, just dark. Maybe in the spring, I&amp;#x27;ll come around...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>drewrv</author><text>Star Trek TNG is as close to &amp;#x27;white mirror&amp;#x27; as we&amp;#x27;ll ever get. A universe where human nature advances alongside technology. It&amp;#x27;s obviously way more far fetched and the show hasn&amp;#x27;t aged well though.</text></comment>
<story><title>&apos;Black Mirror&apos; Is Back, Reflecting Our Technological Fears</title><url>http://www.npr.org/2016/10/21/498734538/black-mirror-is-back-reflecting-our-technological-fears</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jacquesm</author><text>What makes it so good is the fact that it is so believable. I wished I could come up with a &amp;#x27;white mirror&amp;#x27; alternative where all our tech is used for good but it wouldn&amp;#x27;t be nearly as believable. Human nature being what it is you&amp;#x27;d hope the future isn&amp;#x27;t even darker than what black mirror shows, it easily could be.</text></item><item><author>krylon</author><text>Black Mirror is really, really, really good. The writing, the cast, it is just incredible.&lt;p&gt;But it is also incredibly depressing. Maybe depressing is the wrong word. Emotionally exhausting, you might say. Well worth watching once, but I recently could not bring myself to re-watch it because it so dark. And not even dark humor, which I like, just dark. Maybe in the spring, I&amp;#x27;ll come around...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rimantas</author><text>And the tech is also very believable. Not overdone, nothing gimmicky, feels very real.</text></comment>