Black Mirror

Introduction

The question of the realness of life has battled many thinkers and scientists for many years; it dates back to the origin of life. Psychologists, philosophers, and sociologists have not been left behind to unearth the meaning of reality, but all of them seem to have failed to create a clear, accurate and consistent definition of reality. Some philosophers have argued that reality includes not only that which is imagined but also that which exists physically (Bradley).

What is not contested, though, is the fact that reality includes something that is observable and comprehensible. Reality can also be defined to include substances that exist during a particular time. It may also relate to future occurrences. Certainly, reality is not static:  hence, it changes. The reality is not illusory or delusional. The reality is not false or fictional: to the contrary, it is a product of critical, creative and logical thinking. The reality is sometimes used to mean the truth and that substance which is not a falsity. Fictions are categorized as unreal in nature. The reality is arguably based on world views and attitudes.

 The movie Black Mirror certainly brings to the fore a set of chilling realities in a collection of dark parables. It deals with aspects of the near future and some other exaggerated aspects of informational technology, which people already use in the modern and progressive world. The phrase "what if" indeed sends some shivers down the spines of the audience as it challenges them on current and future possibilities and realities.

What If Our Likes and Wishes Mean Everything?

The episode titled "Nosedive" is predicated in the future, which is also near, where the Uber rating style system is to be applied to all aspects of life. It is hard to believe in this because this can change the way life is currently, As a matter of fact, it’s possible, for example, to obtain a huge rating if you open the door to a strange person and on the other hand a low one if you shut them out using the door. There is no doubt that the episode cautions viewers against revealing or attaching meaning to the audience and the followers. The starring character by the name LaCie Pound, also known as Bryce Dallas Howard, goes into a meltdown as he attempts to chase the perfect target. After a series of mad occurrences, he lands the episode in jail.

Are We Faking It Consistently?

In the same episode  "Nose Dive" in a light-clouted globe of "Nose Dive", human beings apply special contact glasses or lenses to view the people’s scores in the real time. This should be viewed between the Terminator vision and Pokémon Go, which is sopped up. With the increased reality on the rise,  Black Mirror movie questions what would happen if the technology goes beyond attempting to arrest Pikachu. In this episode,  AR is applied as the barometer or a scale for entirely new class structure assessed not by the history, but by the persuasion that you are a decent and good person.

Who Do We Become Without Our Memories?

In the episode titled the “Playtest," which also happens to be the second edition of  “Black Mirror”, movie sits somewhere between a Black Mirror perception of a haunted house tale and a video game. Backpacker Cooper is mourning the sudden demise of his biological father, who succumbed to the disease known as the Alzheimer's when he concurs with a games company to test for them a new type of technology referred to as the VR. His father’s illness apparently hit him below the belt as he goes to the extent of losing his memory because he tries to figure out the life of his Dad cruelly, especially the time of having a disease. He lost his mind completely to another violent and unforgiving world. This episode is  brutal and cruel as it resurrects the traditional or medieval horror tropes such as massive spiders and spooky apparitions as well as using informational technology as a mode of confronting viewers with the reality of fear, which is enshrined deeply within any human being (Goldratt et al). This fact video apparently uses viewers' memories to usher their worst fears in the real world around us.

Human beings by virtue of being on earth are, in essence, participating in the physical reality. Essentially, who a person is in the world is derived from non-physical awareness or reality, which is also called augmented reality. Before someone assumes the face of physical reality, it must first have been augmented reality. The thinking of a human being is non-physical, but it becomes part of physical reality once it’s injected with awareness. The hyper-reality is a product of a blend between physical reality and augmented reality. The consciousness of human beings is unable to decipher reality and the simulation of the same in this advanced technological era.

Conclusion

Emotions sometimes hamper or tamper negatively with people’s thinking process, and this is called cognitive bias. Emotions accrued from life experiences can lead to a consistent deviation from the basic standards of rationality and sober judgment. The preferences flow from the heart of fallacies.

Works Cited

Bradley, F. H. Appearance and reality a metaphysical essay. Routledge, 2013.

Goldratt, E. M., Cox, J., & Goldratt, E. M. The goal: a process of ongoing improvement. Routelege, 2016.