Summary: Noah Smith reviews several episodes of “Black Mirror,” highlighting his favorites and discussing their themes. He appreciates episodes like “San Junipero” for their emotional depth and critiques others for being too foreign or unrealistic. Overall, he notes a shift in the show’s portrayal of technology and human nature over its seasons.
Technologists often complain that Black Mirror is too pessimistic about technology, but the truth is that usually it’s just too pessimistic about human nature. (View Highlight)