Black Mirror

After watching the episode we watched in class, the show has really caught my attention. I’m a fan of the sci-fi genre and the ideological world created within. Any mind-bending stories I can experience without going to a movie theatre is a plus for me. “Fifteen Million Merit” was very fascinating and I thoroughly enjoyed the ride. The episode was cleaver in a way that it deeply valued nature and exposed human desire. This is how I saw the episode. Humans do not deserve nature because they’ll simply take it for granted. They are only deserving of it once they realize and overcome the ignorance of the human ego, which in this case was fame. In the world of the “Fifteen Million Merit” people valued fame more than anything. As a consequence, the once free and ultimate gift of nature has come with a price. I mean for all I know the non-famous, isolated people in the reality of “Fifteen Million Merit” don’t even know what nature is. Since I believe that nature is the ultimate non-manmade gift that the world has bestowed us with, we should value and admire its simplicity and/or complexity of life. But with technology (manmade) taking over and the sociological demand for fame and riches, I feel as though people forget to appreciate the essence of life and therefore should not deserve nature if it isn’t given the respect it deserves. I believe this episode shows us the world that somethings can only be appreciated once it’s ultimately taken away from us. While technology is an accomplishment of the human mind and can be extremely desirable and rewarding, some of the best accomplishments in life are realizing what you already have and being humble about it. I mean nature can be just as beautiful as technology. Although I believe technology is tremendously vital to our life I feel the same for nature. For it to coexist there needs to be a balance between the two. This episode has shown us a world where manmade takes over the non-manmade and where human desire overshadows the basic appreciation for life.