Friday, March 29Royal Holloway's offical student publication, est. 1986

Author: Katie Bell

Can our technology be predicted?
Culture & Literature, Film & TV

Can our technology be predicted?

One thing is clear in the society that we live in, and that is technology is increasingly pervading our everyday lives. Seemingly everywhere you go, you will witness people of all ages in public, blank-faced and glued to their phone screens (and I can’t say that I’m not guilty of this). The television show Black Mirror somewhat prophetically explores the intricate ways in which technology affects human relationships and interaction. Every single episode has its own individual story line and they seem to be at different points of technological progress. Some display the technology that is very similar to what we currently have, but other episodes provide a bleak view of what our future has to offer. *Spoiler alert* In episode one of the newest series, people give each other ratings in th...