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The presentation of technology as a response to human want or need is a defining aspect of Black Mirror, a series that centers the transhumanist conviction that ontological deficiency is a solvable problem. The articles in this collection continue Black Mirror''s examination of the transhuman need for plentitude, addressing the convergence of fantasy, the posthuman, and the dramatization of fear. The contributors contend that Black Mirror reveals both the cracks of the posthuman self and the formation of anxiety within fantasy''s empty, yet necessary, economy of desire.

The strength of the series lies in its ability to disrupt the visibility of technology, no longer portraying it as a naturalized, unseen background, affecting our very being at the ontological level without many of us realizing it. This volume of essays argues that this negative lesson is Black Mirror''s most successful approach. It examines how Black Mirror demonstrates the Ja

Humanity in a Black Mirror

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    A Paperback / softback by Jacob Blevins, Zahi Zalloua

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9781476683829, 978-1476683829
      ISBN10: 1476683824

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      Book Synopsis

      The presentation of technology as a response to human want or need is a defining aspect of Black Mirror, a series that centers the transhumanist conviction that ontological deficiency is a solvable problem. The articles in this collection continue Black Mirror''s examination of the transhuman need for plentitude, addressing the convergence of fantasy, the posthuman, and the dramatization of fear. The contributors contend that Black Mirror reveals both the cracks of the posthuman self and the formation of anxiety within fantasy''s empty, yet necessary, economy of desire.

      The strength of the series lies in its ability to disrupt the visibility of technology, no longer portraying it as a naturalized, unseen background, affecting our very being at the ontological level without many of us realizing it. This volume of essays argues that this negative lesson is Black Mirror''s most successful approach. It examines how Black Mirror demonstrates the Ja

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