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Idiocracy: cynicism, user experience research, and dysgenics w/ Adrian Falcone
Movie Production Issues
Lack of studio support. Poor audience test results. VERY small number of screens. Somehow, a cult hit after release.
Why Do People Love This Movie?
Has internet cult hit status. Why? Appealing to elitism and cynicism? Fart jokes? Love it or hate it.
Christopher Has a Problem With This Movie
It feels mean, basically. Also the extrapolations it makes are unreasonable as far as I’m concerned.
Dumbing Down Society
Network covered similar ground in the 1970s.
Whose Fault is this Situation?
The yuppies for not reproducing more? The “dumb” people? The system? Corporatism, selfishness, etc?
Human Evolution
Defining terms because people use them in the wrong way too often. How humanity actually evolves. Dysgenics. Why the movie is wrong.
Bad Things
“Crab mentality.”
Self absorption. Laziness. Selfishness. Willful ignorance. Materialism.
Design for Idiots
Actually there are some interesting examples here. Simplification of UI. “Idiot-proofing.” Automation.
How Do We Avoid This Future?
Each host gives their plan to save the world. Governor Adrian implements the ~mushroom~ marshmallow test.
The Genius of Idiocracy: Rolling Stone
Idiocracy is a Cruel Movie and You Should Be Ashamed for Liking It: Gizmodo
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman: iTunesAmazon
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Movie Production Issues
Lack of studio support. Poor audience test results. VERY small number of screens. Somehow, a cult hit after release.
Why Do People Love This Movie?
Has internet cult hit status. Why? Appealing to elitism and cynicism? Fart jokes? Love it or hate it.
Christopher Has a Problem With This Movie
It feels mean, basically. Also the extrapolations it makes are unreasonable as far as I’m concerned.
Dumbing Down Society
Network covered similar ground in the 1970s.
Whose Fault is this Situation?
The yuppies for not reproducing more? The “dumb” people? The system? Corporatism, selfishness, etc?
Human Evolution
Defining terms because people use them in the wrong way too often. How humanity actually evolves. Dysgenics. Why the movie is wrong.
Bad Things
“Crab mentality.”
Self absorption. Laziness. Selfishness. Willful ignorance. Materialism.
Design for Idiots
Actually there are some interesting examples here. Simplification of UI. “Idiot-proofing.” Automation.
How Do We Avoid This Future?
Each host gives their plan to save the world. Governor Adrian implements the ~mushroom~ marshmallow test.
The Genius of Idiocracy: Rolling Stone
Idiocracy is a Cruel Movie and You Should Be Ashamed for Liking It: Gizmodo
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman: iTunesAmazon
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