We See Ourselves in Black Mirror

Note to Self

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Netflix’s Black Mirror is a tweaked reflection of technology’s worst consequences - what show creator Charlie Brooker calls a “sarcastic version of the present.’ This week, Brooker and executive producer Annabel Jones join us for a cheerfully dystopian chat about where their ideas come from, why they haven’t quit TV to launch a startup, and Twitter as the world’s top video game.

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0:00.0	Hello friends. In this episode of Note to Self, we use a choice swear word a couple of times.
0:06.2	So if there are little ears around and you don't think they should hear it,
0:08.7	save this episode for later.
0:10.2	I'm a natural warrior. Like, I love technology, but I'm a real warrior.
0:15.2	And so I think reflected in the stories is a kind of worst case scenario.
0:31.0	It's Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.
0:34.0	I am delighted when Charlie is in despair.
0:38.0	The creators of the show Black Mirror. And I'm a new summer ody.
0:42.0	Because Note to Self, when you switch off your phone, it turns into a mirror.
0:47.0	A black mirror.
0:52.0	Oh yeah, people. Total fangirl moment happening right now.
0:56.0	Some of you maybe you've never seen the show Black Mirror and that is totally fine.
1:00.0	You were going to love this interview anyway.
1:03.0	Because other Note to Self listeners constantly send us emails telling us that their minds are blown when they see a black mirror episode
1:11.0	about some dystopian technology. And then weeks later, they hear this podcast.
1:17.0	And we tell them that actually that technology has become real.
1:22.0	Like the episode in season two of Black Mirror, where people build virtual versions of their dead loved ones
1:28.0	by using the data trail that they left behind.
1:31.0	I can sign you up to something that helps.
1:37.0	It helped me. It will let you speak to him.
1:41.0	I know he's dead, but it wouldn't work if he was something.
1:45.0	And don't worry, it's not some crazy spiritual thing.
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