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Black Mirror and Feedback Loops: Tech as Trap

Black Mirror and Feedback Loops: Tech as Trap

In 2011, Charlie Brooker launched Black Mirror—an anthology series about technology's dark side. The title is literal: a black mirror is what screens become when they're off. The series explores what happens when the screens are on—when technology creates feedback loops that trap users
Ryan Collison 27 Jan 2026
Lem and Solaris: The Unknowable Other

Lem and Solaris: The Unknowable Other

In 1961, Stanisław Lem published Solaris—a novel about alien contact that refuses to deliver what alien contact stories usually deliver. There is no communication. No understanding. No translation protocol that cracks the code. The alien ocean covering the planet Solaris does things—manifests constructs, responds to stimuli, creates matter
Ryan Collison 27 Jan 2026

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