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    Murky reflections: why sci-fi needs to stop imitating Black Mirror

    Nov 08, 2023 4 minutes

    It’s a tale as old as time: two young people hit it off. They’re living in a vaguely future-ish, vaguely retro world, with the technology to read potential couples for compatibility within the accuracy of a percentage point. A match, and you’re golden; a declaration of romantic doom, and why waste time? These two young people have results they believe, but don’t necessarily trust. What do you do when science doesn’t align with the heart?

    If this sounds to you like the premise of a Black Mirror episode, you would be correct. That’s loosely the synopsis of Hang the DJ, the.

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