This hyper-individual cult of bodily perfection has worrying ramifications for those whose bodies are deemed ‘imperfect’
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The latest season of Netflix’s Black Mirror features an episode where users who are subscribed to a particular service can optimise their lives with an app. With one flick, they can change their mood or upgrade their skills. The human brain becomes a computer and users are able to download muscle memory.
It’s an exaggeration that works for the purposes of the episode, but there is no denying technology’s impact on how we view ourselves. Happiness is something concrete that can be modified in isolation to everything else. Our muscles are limited only by some kind of mental block.
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