Black Mirror shows the dark possibilities of what technology could do. Each episode tells a different story, and shines a light on what the world has become. The sad thing is the show only has to drum up the drama a tad to make it a thriller. Here are ten times the show was almost too real.
1. That time millions of people jumped on a public shaming hashtag without any thought about the consequences.
2. When the show pointed out that we’d all probably be accomplices to a crime if it meant free entertainment.
3. When we were confronted with the fact that webcams can be hacked.
4. That time we saw someone go crazy because technology was able to scrutinize every part of their relationship.
5. When the show gave us a flashback from getting a good rating by someone on an app.
6. But then we realized our obsession over our likes, followers, and retweets is making us all miserable.
7. Being kept in a small room with just a computer seems terrifying until we realize we do it voluntarily.
8. Our instinct to record on our phone when something goes down could be the most chilling and least empathetic thing we can do
9. If it’s not too far off that a robot can copy our speech and more from what we post online, then maybe we’re posting too much…
10. What we post online is forever, so we might one day regret the things we’ve said.
