I wonder if our popular culture has basically conditioned us to distrust community in general, and so we automatically have a visceral reaction whenever it’s portrayed in a highly positive light. Or really, portraying almost anything in a highly positive light is viewed with distrust. We’re a culture of jaded cynics now. An attitude probably incompatible with community.

> "popular culture has basically conditioned us to distrust community in general"

Or maybe people reach those conclusions on their own! Does it have to be that they were "conditioned" to them, or can they have agency?

Well, what other people alluded to was the performant part. That's also salient in some Black Mirror episodes now that I think about it.

While it is a first impression, it's just a first impression.

I would hope that one of the benefits of an eco village is less people would be comparing things to tv shows all the time.

They aren't Amish, I'm sure they still have TVs.

Yeah, but many of these types of people (like Waldorf schools) try not to see the world through the lens of media you consume.

“Hang the DJ” - named after the song played in the bar scene. Great episode.