Television

What You Didn’t See in Black Mirror’s “15 Million Merits” (Guest Post by Shannon M. Mussett)

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Black Mirror, Ethics, Film, Film Reviews, Guest Post, Philosophy, Pop Culture/Film/Literature, Public Philosophy, RMWMTMBM Archive, Technology, Technology and Human Values, Television 0 Comments

[This is the next installment in my ongoing series of reviews of Black Mirror. These posts DO include spoilers. Stop reading now if you don’t want to know!] [Note from Dr. J: What follows is a guest post from Shannon M. Mussett, a brilliant philosopher and dear friend with whom I frequently disagree about almost all things technological.  When I posted my…

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The Root of Fear is Madness: On Black Mirror’s “Playtest”

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Black Mirror, Film, Film Reviews, Philosophy, Pop Culture/Film/Literature, RMWMTMBM Archive, Technology and Human Values, Television 0 Comments

[NOTE: This is the second in a series of reviews of Black Mirror. These posts DO include spoilers. Stop reading now if you don’t want to know!] The second episode of Season 3 (“Playtest”) is what I imagine many people who have heard about Black Mirror but never actually watched the series would expect the show to be like. “Playtest”…

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#ImWithSusan: Finding Friends in the Black Mirror “Nosedive”

June 9, 2024 Leigh M. Johnson Black Mirror, Film, Film Reviews, Philosophy, Pop Culture/Film/Literature, RMWMTMBM Archive, Technology and Human Values, Television 0 Comments

[NOTE: This is the first in a series of reviews of Black Mirror. These posts DO include spoilers. Stop reading now if you don’t want to know!] All of the episodes of Charlie Brooker‘s brilliant sci-fi series Black Mirror take place in a near-distant future, but in the first installment of the third season (“Nosedive”) that future is far…

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