I remember listening to Alex Lindsay on MacBreak Weekly somewhere around the April or May 2020 timeframe. He was describing some interesting new developments in the world of online sharing that was happening in his field of video production work. His fervor and excitement was immediately apparent. Contagious even.  ​

I’m a heavy Apple Watch user so it wasn’t uncommon for me to find my 44mm Series 5 at 10% battery life or worse at the end of my day. When the Series 6 came out, people on MacRumors were extolling the amazing new battery life on the Series 6. So I decided to buy one for this reason alone. But I found battery life not be discernibly any different from my Series 5. And conversely, I’ve found my Series 6 to be better than my Series 5 in ways that I didn’t expect. 

I felt compelled to revisit my recent review of Amazon’s excellent movie Bliss. The problem is that there seems to be some kind of all-out campaign on the IMDB review section by many to make this movie into something that it’s not. The argument goes along the lines that this isn’t a sci-if movie at all, but instead, all about mental illness and drug addiction. Here’s why they’re wrong.

​Science fiction used to be all about space travel.  That was the pinnacle of what man’s technology of the 1950’s could imagine. It was all about taking you to the world. First by automobile, then by airplane, and finally by spaceship.
 
But cutting edge technology is no longer about transporting people or things. Now it’s about moving data. And the science fiction of today has changed to reflect that. It’s about bringing the world to you. Or creating an entirely new world. The new TV show Bliss from Amazon is the latest science fiction offering to explore mind-bending alternate realities. 
 
I highly recommend Bliss. It is an engaging story with a thought-provoking theme that will haunt you days after you’ve seen it. But it also nails the future of technology and human nature in ways that made me wonder if they read my blog. Here are 3 things from the movie which resonated with me. 
 
*** Spoilers Ahead ***