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Black Mirror Reflection on Nosedive episode

  • We try to look good on social media and never post something real;
  • There is sugary and there is diabetes;
  • Fake-smile jail cells;
  • Comparing yourself to people (ranking);
  • Credit scores;
  • We lose or we cannot talk with some people because they think we are not good enough for them to be friends;

While reading Wired article I bumped into this sentence which made me think: “It was as if Amazon had swallowed eBay, Apple News, Groupon, American Express, Citibank, and YouTube and could siphon up data from all of them.” Now a lot of apps are trying to be related to one another or for example if you post one thing on one of the apps it automatically shows on the other, which I hate. Another thing that caught my attention was “ Their chief innovation was using computer-driven statistical analysis to translate people’s personal details and financial history into a simple score, predicting how likely they were to pay back loans.” It means that not just your buying history but EVERYTHING you do is being watched and if you do pay back for everything but post something innapropriate you cannot get a loan anymore. I do not know why it could be related but it is in China. Then, I come around this “ Because I lacked a transaction history, I immediately faced what felt like an embarrassing judgment: a score of 550.” Which means if you travel you lack transaction history, but now it makes more sense how China keeps their people inside the country. Would you say you see a lot of chinese people around? I would not say so, because they are stuck in China. 


  • I hope it does not mean that all the world countries will make this social score thing. I think it would be a disaster, and people like travelers would be considered homeless. 
  • If my country or any country I am staying in would decide to make this ranking I would travel ofcource by foot or bike because I would not have a score for a plane or a bus:) 
  • I do not feel like my branding is related to something like it except that I need to target people that have money, to get my product.


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