Just finished the third episode. Early comments were that it was a show about a “woke mind virus” or regular Burgerlander anti-communism, but I’m not so sure now.
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Protagonist had her drunk rant about “why are you so special, you think you’re all so great, knowing everything about everyone all the time, the amalgamation of all human knowledge and understanding SO WHAT” etc etc. Paraphrasing obviously.
I’m starting to think that this whole thing might be a big rant from Gilligan about AI. In the sense that it attempts to amalgamate all human knowledge and experience into one giant blob that we all share from together, but at the cost what makes us all unique as human beings.
I could be wrong - it’s still early in the show, but that’s the vibe I get at this point and it definitely strikes the nerve that Gilligan seems to be feeling at the moment.
They did put a “This show was made by humans” disclaimer at the very beginning, after all.
okay i watched beyond the first episode and while i stand by my shitpost about alcoholic lesbians, here's where i actually think it's going
assuming it’s not about AI (but even so you can’t deny that the comparison applies), i feel like it’s going to be a story about the dangers of unrestrained power. the caveat zosia gave that they “can’t protect you from each other” referring to the non-hivemind survivors before carol met with the rest of them is going to be a big factor, considering the hivemind is willing to give anything up to nuclear weapons to any survivor who just asks.