Comparing Black Mirror to Our Society

The makers of black mirror use the show to reflect many of their opinions and fears about technology.  However, I believe that many of their opinions/ fears of the makers are completely outrageous and do not reflect an overall majority of society. One example of this is the rooms that each person live in in the episode “15 Million Merit Points”. This shows the fears of the authors is that the authors believe that technology will take control of our lives. This is shown by everything about these rooms is technology is controlling these people and that they cannot escape, but this fear seems very far-fetched. In our society, yes there are people who use technology a lot, but they are not forced to and they have the decision to leave the computer or phone any time they want they are not forced to stay on their device. In the episode “15 Million Merit Points” they are forced to involve their whole life around technology and are forced into technology, which seems unrealistic because of parody theories like this, there will always be the option to move/ stay away from technology otherwise people would declare it against human rights to be forced into such technology.

I disagree with the opinion that black mirror clearly shows. While it is true that some people will definitely over use technology, but technology is not to be assumed that is all bad. Technology can be used to see experiences that we would never see. An example is an animal like a polar bear. Many people would never see one in real life, but with the use of technology we are able to see polar bears and see and experience that you would have never been seen without technology. Another example of technology being used for good is how we are able to distribute information all over the world. Before it was difficult to get in touch with anyone, a letter would take at least three weeks to talk to someone. But with technology, you can get in touch with people in minutes. This example is shown through phones. Phones are used to quickly connect and call other people when it is required or helps people quickly respond to an emergency. That is how I disagree with black mirror’s opinion of black mirror being negative and that technology is just as positive as it can be negative.