Idiocracy: cynicism, user experience research, and dysgenics w/ Adrian Falcone
b'Movie Production Issues \\n\\n
Lack of studio support. Poor audience test results. VERY small number of screens. Somehow, a cult hit after release.
\\n\\n Why Do People Love This Movie? \\n\\nHas internet cult hit status. Why? Appealing to elitism and cynicism? Fart jokes? Love it or hate it.
\\n\\n Christopher Has a Problem With This Movie \\n\\nIt feels mean, basically. Also the extrapolations it makes are unreasonable as far as I\\u2019m concerned.
\\n\\n Dumbing Down Society \\n\\nNetwork covered similar ground in the 1970s.
\\n\\n Whose Fault is this Situation? \\n\\nThe yuppies for not reproducing more? The \\u201cdumb\\u201d people? The system? Corporatism, selfishness, etc?
\\n\\n Human Evolution \\n\\nDefining terms because people use them in the wrong way too often. How humanity actually evolves. Dysgenics. Why the movie is wrong.
\\n\\n Bad Things \\n\\n\\u201cCrab mentality.\\u201d
\\n\\nSelf absorption. Laziness. Selfishness. Willful ignorance. Materialism.
\\n\\n Design for Idiots \\n\\nActually there are some interesting examples here. Simplification of UI. \\u201cIdiot-proofing.\\u201d Automation.
\\n\\n How Do We Avoid This Future? \\n\\nEach host gives their plan to save the world. Governor Adrian implements the ~mushroom~ marshmallow test.
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- \\n\\t\\t\\t\\tThe Genius of Idiocracy: Rolling Stone\\n\\t\\t\\t \\n\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t
- \\n\\t\\t\\t\\tIdiocracy is a Cruel Movie and You Should Be Ashamed for Liking It: Gizmodo\\n\\t\\t\\t \\n\\t\\t\\n\\t\\t\\t
- \\n\\t\\t\\t\\tThe Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman: iTunesAmazon\\n\\t\\t\\t \\n\\t\\t\\n\\t