"It's the news. Now indistinguishable from the tabloids."
#TedWheeler, Stranger Things, s04e09
"Seeing you all have the moment is the moment, for me."
Zoey Clarke, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, s02e07
I'm watching episode 1 of Upload (2020). It's fun, I'm enjoying both the story and the world-building. But once thing I can't ignore is how much I don't buy the fundamental premise.
A few years ago I read a philosophy essay, which pointed out that a digital clone of a person would be just that, a clone. You wouldn't expect to look out of a biological clone's eyes, or to keep living through it if your own body died. So why would we expect that of a digital clone?
"Sorry? What the hell was wrong with me? I had been infected with an empathy virus by my clients."
#Murderbot, s01e09