Journal 11

The Black Mirror episode we watched in class was based off of two broad points, memory and ethics. Memory is simply the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information. Facts, knowledge, and experiences all fall under the concept of memory. On the other hand, ethics is defined as moral principles which govern or person’s behavior. Privacy, security, and surveillance all fall under ethics. In the Black Mirror Episode, we saw how technological advancements disrupted people’s memory and privacy. Technological advancements gave the main character the power to see his wife cheating on him with another man. Cleary, the woman’s privacy was disrupted by the technological advancement of surveillance. In class we discussed how the human brain makes us forget things we wish not to remember deliberately in order to keep us from going insane. However, with the aid of a chip behind the character’s ear, he was able to recall everything which happened in his life from his memory. This could be seen as a helpful device yet also a device of destruction. The chip helped the man figure out the truth about his wife yet also caused the destruction of his marriage.