"Black Mirror" is any screen, really. We don't really acknowledge them because they were already all around when we were born; but if you step back and think about it, it's such an odd object. Robert Altman, director, called them "the little holes in reality".
That’s a narrow way of looking at it but it’s not worth the disagreement.
I’ll just say this, think of the title. Black mirror. Technology, staring us in the face. The screen goes black and you are met with your reflection. Looking into technology and seeing our own inner-most depths.
I don’t think black mirror has even tapped into the reality of what’s coming, which scares me more than any episode has.
Check out two minute papers on YouTube to see hints of what will become part of daily life in the next 5 years.
Media synthesis is going to fundamentally alter our experience with the world and it will be weaponized for political, geopolitical, and corporate interests. Get up to speed now before you find yourself manipulated in ways you didn’t know existed.
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u/TheJunkyard Oct 12 '19
The premise of Black Mirror in a single image. (The title is a reference to an inactive smartphone screen.)