Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow

A new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the futureBlack Mirror is more than science fiction – its stories about modernity have become akin to science folklore, shaping our collective view of technology and the future.Each new innovation gets an allegory: smartphones as tools for a new age caste system, robot dogs as overzealous human hunters, drones as a murderous swarm, artificial intelligence as new age necromancy, virtual r