A few days ago, the U.K. import Black Mirror arrived on Netflix. In typical "less is more" fashion, it's only six episodes over two seasons, and I watched them all. While Black Mirror is technically science fiction, many of the show's storylines feels dangerously close to becoming reality in the not-too-distant future.

If you haven't seen it, the show is essentially about the dark side of technology and its effect on its human subjects. It's an anthology format, so each episode is self-contained. Pick an episode that interests you without having to worry about story arcs, canon, or any of the other elements that come with committing to a TV show.

Ironically, it's the first episode that's the most grounded in the real world. In "The National Anthem," a British politician of the highest order is forced to consider humiliating himself on TV and online in order to free a kidnapped member of the royal family. It's also the most cringeworthy, given what the man is inevitable forced to do for his country, and how technology will likely never let that act be forgotten. It's hard to remember someone's nobility and sacrifice when the same someone may or may not have had relations with a farm animal. Intrigued yet? Just go watch it.

But it's an episode called "The Entire History of You" that was by far the most depressing, not only for its subject matter, but also because we'll probably have similar technology in the next few decades to corrupt us all. In this world, everyone is born with a recording device implanted under the skin on the neck, right behind their ear. As you might have guessed, it records every moment of that person's life.

Now, we've all likely seen this before in a movie or TV show, and inevitably the plot of that story has to do with solving a murder in a dystopian future with robots and flying cars. But on Black Mirror, everything is relentlessly grounded in the every day, with human relationships being the focal point, and how technology affects them. Every adult has control over their recored lives, and their eyes act as a projector when someone performs a "re-do," which is a fancy word for when you're watching your own home movies.

The episode begins with a man being assessed for a promotion at his law firm. As he's walking out the door, he immediately starts playing back his interview to assess how he did. We have all done the same, and we inevitably try to spin it in the most positive way possible. But in the Black Mirror universe, the man is able to play his responses back, over and over again. Does that help him make better sense of his interview? Of course not, it just invites more doubt. And that's the point. Our insecurities cannot be replaced by technology. If anything, they make us feel even less confident.

However, this first scene is just a prelude to what the episode is really about: what happens when doubt and an accusation of infidelity is suddenly introduced into a marriage, and how that dynamic gets redefined when you have access to an entire life's worth of relationships, sexual history, jealousy, etc. at your fingertips. The scariest part is that we all may live to see this type of technology available, and the benefits and consequences that come with it.

I almost feel bad for enjoying Black Mirror so much. I've worked on the Internet for nearly 20 years now, and in the trenches of social media for almost 10. And to put it plainly, I've become jaded and despondent about how technology has done just as much damage to the human condition as it has good. I try to have some positivity, but this show is so good at making the case to be very afraid of the future. That said, I can't help loving this show, and you should just watch it.

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