Re:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
by keiferski on Friday November 20, 2020 @12:01PM
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I've noticed this a lot with culture, particularly with television. At the moment, there seem to be an infinite number of shows that rehash the 1920s and the 1980s, as if we just jumped back a century, with 1920 being the present and 1980 being the future.
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Re:Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
by Traster on Friday November 20, 2020 @06:40PM
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I'm not sure that there's a deep cultural issue with this, I think there's a pragmatic issue. 99% of television drama can be replaced with a text message. It's incredibly difficult to tell a suspenseful story when everyone can communicate with everyone else instantly at any time. Can you imagine The Shining in 2020? The guy would be driven insane by browsing reddit. This is why it's very difficult to make modern TV programmes that have realistic phone use.