One of its premises is that people will get dumber and even more sedentary if tech capitalism is allowed to take over the world, unfettered, probably including education and possibly even healthcare (no, the movie itself doesn’t even go to such detail).
If you equate that to Egenics you should take a good look in the mirror: only genes can make people dumb & fat? Is that what you’re saying?
It’s not a perfect movie, but we are seeing similar effects all around us. There’s a good reason “It’s got what plants crave” became a popular meme.
The opening scene tells the viewer the decline in intelligence in the future is due to the less educated/intelligent reproducing more, that’s getting rather close to eugenics.
I don’t think this was intended as more than just a handwave argument to explain the plot necessary premise of people being stupid in the future (i.e. it’s not something to get offended over) but it is mentioned nonetheless.
Nowhere in the movie is that even hinted at.
One of its premises is that people will get dumber and even more sedentary if tech capitalism is allowed to take over the world, unfettered, probably including education and possibly even healthcare (no, the movie itself doesn’t even go to such detail).
If you equate that to Egenics you should take a good look in the mirror: only genes can make people dumb & fat? Is that what you’re saying?
It’s not a perfect movie, but we are seeing similar effects all around us. There’s a good reason “It’s got what plants crave” became a popular meme.
The opening scene tells the viewer the decline in intelligence in the future is due to the less educated/intelligent reproducing more, that’s getting rather close to eugenics.
I don’t think this was intended as more than just a handwave argument to explain the plot necessary premise of people being stupid in the future (i.e. it’s not something to get offended over) but it is mentioned nonetheless.
Fair point.