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In praise of willful blindness

What will tomorrow be like? And when we say tomorrow, we mean tomorrow and the next 15 years. Is it something we can even imagine? Take a look at the drama series Years and Years by Russel T. Davies.

Fictionas we know, often predicts what the future might be likeIn Years and Years, the screenwriter Russell T. Davies depicts an English family, the Lyons, living in a near future that is torn between progressivism and conservatism  a post-Brexit UK that is turning its back on Europe and is all at sea in a new and emerging worldSet between 2019 and 2034, this fictional series tells the story of our blindness, lucidity, and responsibilities, and it leaves nothing outour knowledge of the facts and ecological catastrophes; the rise to power of a dictatorship built on popular and populist foundations; lies and truths; blindness and incredulity; artificial intelligence and humanity; migrations and traditions; reality and reality TV; information and fake news; constructive debate and passive lucidity 

It’s interesting to observe how viewers react to the ascendancy of one of the principal characters, Vivienne Rook, rebellious celebrity and populist, whose rise to power splits opinion and will wreak havoc on an entire country and the life of every one of its citizensUntil, that is, a sudden realization dawns: after a hard Brexit, the account of the changing political and economic situation up to the 2030s raises an important issue  we cant say that the worst won’t actually happenWhen did things start to spin out of controlWhen did we become aware of itWhere does our responsibility beginYears and Years is part dystopia, part reflection on the evolution of the modern world  and it won’t leave you unscathedFrankly, it shook me to the core 

 

To go further: Years and Years, created and written by Russel TDavies 

 

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Françoise Tollet
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She spent 12 years in industry, working for Bolloré Technologies, among others. She co-founded Business Digest in 1992 and has been running the company since 1998. And she took the Internet plunge in 1996, even before coming on board as part of the BD team.