{"id":4440,"date":"2018-08-15T20:38:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T00:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/?p=4440"},"modified":"2022-10-24T20:21:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T00:21:08","slug":"the-future-is-a-tasteful-monochrome-anon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-future-is-a-tasteful-monochrome-anon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future is a Tasteful Monochrome: Anon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Andrea Niccol’s Netflix exclusive Anon<\/em> is a rather quaint throwback to the techno-paranoia cyberpunk genre, once common in the late nineties — remember Virtuosity<\/em>, Johnny Mnemonic<\/em>, and Paycheck<\/em>? The ultimate modern incarnation of is of course the BBC series Black Mirror<\/em>, which out-Philip-K.-Dicked Philip K. Dick., and set a newly high bar for cynical, pessimistic takes on the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But reality has outpaced all of these cautionary tales, as we’ve since come to understand that of course governments surveil our movements and communications, while unchecked corporations build detailed consumer profiles on all of us. Logging off is little protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Clive<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If Anon<\/em>‘s future America without the Constitutional right to privacy were to come true, society’d have bigger problems than a sexy serial killer (Amanda Seyfried), exploiting the system to murder those who exploit the system. Ultra-grim detective Sal Frieland (Clive Owen) must fight the ambiguities of his digital record to entrap her. After, of course, bedding the much younger woman under false pretenses (for there are sleazy erotic thriller tropes and a female nudity quota to fulfill). Privacy is the foundation for many civil rights we enjoy today, a topic Anon<\/em> only glancingly acknowledges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if we ever start installing apps into our eyeballs, I somehow doubt the GUI will be a tastefully-designed monochrome. Everyone who’s ever touched a computer or smartphone knows we’ll be blinded by punch-the-monkey banner ads, free-to-play gem-matching games, and tweets from President Kid Rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrea Niccol’s Netflix exclusive Anon is a rather quaint throwback to the techno-paranoia cyberpunk genre, once common in the late nineties — remember Virtuosity, Johnny Mnemonic, and Paycheck? The ultimate modern incarnation of is of course the BBC series Black Mirror, which out-Philip-K.-Dicked Philip K. 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