Fifteen Million Merits
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This is our first discussion post that requires viewing a full episode of Black Mirror on Netflix. The episode is S1 E2, titled “Fifteen Million Merits” (62 minutes). I don’t have a link to it, but you can access it via Netflix using the search tool fairly easily.
If you do not have access to Netflix, please email me for an alternative assignment.
For this discussion board, watch the assigned video above. Then, in 2-3 paragraphs, use the prompt questions below to write your post. Be sure to include 2 text citations from the assigned primary textbook readings for this week in your post in MLA format. In order to do this, you should cite the author of the article and not the whole primary textbook as it is an anthology and different rules apply –> i.e. (Marcuse, 381).
Prompt:
In what ways is Bing’s existence similar to that of the One-Dimensional Man as described by Marcuse? How does the technological world in which Bing exists affect his life? What parallels can you draw between Bing’s society and our own?
