Every day sees humanity more victorious in the struggle with space and time... yeah... let's talk about this theme...
I am engulfed in the matrix and there seems no way out. Found myself in this, rather strange, position. After watching the newest Black Mirror episode, I grasp desperately for meaning, confused, somewhat defeated.
There is the new Black Mirror episode my wife likes to watch. It's about two men in space. In dreams they meet with their wives and families, while in reality: they work on the ship in space. The underlining theme is man's duty vs. family.
Jewish creatives on Netflix examine the man's relationship with duty, family, woman, fellow employee. The family of one of the men is killed by some hipsters. The other one lets him connect to the world where his wife lives so that he doesn't lose his way and go bonkers.
So, he lets his fellow worker visit his wife's world in the sleep. It ends up in bad places. Not where you'd expect, but let's say: in the bad places.
Why is Netflix examining is theme and why is it so pleasant for women to watch.
The books I've read as a child or teenager examined man's relationship with technology, man, family, society in interesting ways. Now it is questioning man's relationship with duty, family, obligation, woman, offspring and instead of finding it reinvigorating, mentally refreshing, I start to find it confusing and worrying...
And it is sending signals to me that I am getting old... it is the most horrifying part of all. To lose the greatest gift of god: creativity of youth...