The material brought out this week was very well connected and shared the same theme. The biggest thing that we had watch was this week’s episode of Black Mirror was very interesting and I felt had a strong underlying message. Although the show is filled with way to advanced technology compared to today’s technology I feel it is still sending a message that could be applied to everyone now. The way the world is now is not to far off from the episode then everyone thinks.

This week’s episode “The Entire History of You” strongly represented how social media/technology affects society. The episode is about the “grain”. A device that allows you to record all of your experiences so that you can always replay your memories. With this device in society the episode focuses on a married couple with the characters named Liam and Ffion. I feel because of this device it causes Liam’s life to head for a downward spiral. I also feel that is the underlying message of this episode. Technology is starting to become everyones life which is in reality ruining them. At a gathering Liam sees his wife Ffion flirting with man he had never met. She does tell Liam that she was in a relationship with this man, but expresses it was a very long time ago before them. Liam does not believe her and uses the grain to see if Ffion was being truthful. Although this made Liam begin to obsess over this relationship he was actually right. Ffion did have an affair with this man and to make matters worse it was around the time the two had their daughter. The grain did serve helpful to Liam to confirm that his suspicions were for good reason and he was correct, but this small device drove him into a dark place and uncover things that would have never came to light. In the end, he decides to cut out the device, but his life is already ruined. Liam did deserve to know what his wife did to him, but because he had learned this terrible information from the grain and was able to see it for his own eyes it probably made things way worse for him.

The way society is becoming is scary just watching this episode because it is not so far off as you think. Like Liam obsessed over his wife cheating on him and could not stop reliving the moment in real life people obsess over social media. Social media has become a vital part of peoples everyday life and it is starting to make or break individuals. People will obsess over being the trending topic or other things.

https://www.inverse.com/innovation/neuralink-neuroscientists

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Above is an article I saw that relates to the episode we had to watch this week. Elon Musk a successful innovator has come up with a brain chip The implant was tested on pigs and the things he wants this chip to be able to do is actually crazy to think of. With this Neuralink brought to life will it cause the same severity as the grain? Is Black Mirror warning us about the future?