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Black Mirror is our generation’s Star Trek — making super clear social commentaries via Sci Fi. 

Great show cc @burrrrrberry @kosiris @lobstermindset.eth

Star Trek was competence porn, we watched it because we wanted optimism and faith in society to do the right thing. The West Wing is making a comeback for similar reasons.

What's this generation's competence porn?

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mmm definitely a lot of wholesome optimism, but dunno if i'd put it in the "competence porn" category (recurring theme of catastrophes handled by calm and collected people who are good at their job).

Rollerblader, techie, highly asynchronous, 439, humanist, free🎉, as the world t/b urns 😅🤷‍♀️, TBC(?) 👋💚

lol oh god no, severance is more... late stage capitalism porn 😅

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I haven't seen it, but severance? 🤷‍♀️

ha interesting take!

certainly an example of a calm and collected person performing their job at peak to settle a catastrophe.

Interesting. I think it’s in shows like Jack Reacher, John Wick, or other action violence where the main understands and uses multiple weapon weapons to kill other people with maximum competence and skill. I suppose there’s some intelligence involved, but I preferred the non-violence competence porn, personally.

Instagram reels of Japanese cooks making mochi, omurice, or extremely thin slices of cucumber

The film "Good Night, and Good Luck" from 2005 was adapted into a Broadway production starring George Clooney (who produced the film). He believed it was important to revive this relevant story again in 2025.