There is so much interlapping of real life in series like Psycho Pass and others as A.I. and dystopian society catches up to the real world. I wonder how many more series will fail to miss the mark in the end once the reflection between media and reality are essentially the same. But even more scary, how quickly our lives will match the series we used to watch in awe and fascination. Incredible analysis!

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I haven't seen Psycho Pass myself yet, but based on the first couple minutes of this video I'm guessing it's one of those things that starts with an absolutely amazing premise but then utterly fails to truly flesh it out in considering certain nuances and systemic implications. Like my first thought at the concept of people being policed for stress levels (because that predicts likelihood of commiting a crime, apparently?) is... What about autistic people? People with PTSD? People with ADHD? Schizophrenia? Etc etc. Does the story ever address this and how much overlap with eugenics it has? And not just neurodivergences and mental illnesses -- what of people with physical disabilities? Chronic illnesses? Pregnancy complications? Yadda yadda. Most stressors are completely valid and aren't really going to increase the likelihood of commiting a crime. For those that do increase the likelihood the stress is more of a correlation than the cause -- like in the case of poverty. Yeah, that'll stress someone out, but it's the material lack of basic needs which actually motivates theft, while simultaneously causing stress. There does seem to be some nuance, as you mentioned "lower stress" offenses would have punishments like losing one's job, while higher ones can lead to prison. But that immediately makes me go to systemic feedback loops: someone already has a bit of stress about something, then lose their job.... isn't that inevitably going to cause greater stress, therefore greater punishment (therefore greater stress, therefore....)? It's a great premise because the sci-fi aspect so easily lends itself as a metaphor to explore real world systemic issues such as racism, sexism, ableism, classism, etc. And it's scarcely even a metaphor when it comes to neurotypical hegemony. But based on your opening critique of the protagonist apparently choosing not to dismantle the system itself in the end...ehh, I don't have much hope. Sounds like it's gonna be yet another "just gotta replace a few bad apples with some good ones" capitalist realism-esque narrative. Though I suppose I should reserve my judgement until after this video and perhaps watching the show itself. Still, these are the things I'm gonna be on the lookout for in assessing.

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Interesting vid. Haven't watched the series but maybe I will now. Always interested to hear some Foucault. Sadly it reminds me of the devastation in Gaza. Israel has highly advanced AI and uses a system they call "Gospel" to select targets for bombing. They train the US police as well and it's only a matter of time before one day we have the buzz of drones over "high threat" regions of many countries. Does this show explore "collateral damage" insofar as punishment? How many innocent civilians are "worth" the guilty target? A monstrous thought to leave it to an AI to not only be judge, jury, executioner but also the calculator of how many people in proximity are expendable.

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Psycho-Pass is an interesting show to watch alongside Akudama Drive since they tackle similar subject from different sides of the law.

Have you seen Psycho Pass Providence? I haven't seen much of Psycho Pass past season 1, but the way Akane's character arc ended in the Providence movie was... interesting. i havent really seen anyone talk about it. I really liked this video it was great!

please get a better mic situation!