In today's society the hyper-production, and we often wonder if we are the master of the choices of our own, or, if the actions of our own are guided by some kind of power, the most high, as well as an algorithm of the almighty. This is a provocation set up by Charlie Brooker in season four of Black Mirror.
Here, technology is presented as a divinity of the modern, efficient, and foolproof, but that the risks to the free will of the human.
In the past, people rely on the gods for answers about love, chance, or the weather. Today, the accurate predictions of the weather, the applications of meetings, and a GPS, it seems that the technology has replaced the divine-traditional, by providing a solution to be foolproof. However, Brooker warns: the effectiveness of technology has a price.
Every time i delegojmë a decision made by an algorithm, in yet) is the space of the error to us, and with it, the value of the human experience.
In episodes like Hang the DJ, trying to avoid the pain of the love that leads you to a system that removes it completely, the autonomy of the people. In Arkangel, the longing of a mother for the protection of the converted into a prison, and technology, for her daughter, leading to catastrophic.
Across the surface of the optimistic outlook of some of the major developments, the series reveals how the dependence on our technology is the throttle of the very essence of the human: the ability to make mistakes, to grow and to learn from our mistakes. The “god” of the new is not just a help, but it's a threat to mankind, and to us, to us, make an critical questions: How much are we willing to sacrifice our power to be free, to the perfection?
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