My main take away from the film entitled “The Entire History
of You” was about the cheating portrayed in the film that the enhanced
technology revealed to the viewer piece by piece. The deception of our own
reality and the naivety of own experiences completely changes our view of the
world. There is an entire spectrum of how things in our day to day life can be
translated, understood, and reacted. For instance, Liam admits to feeling that
something has been amiss in his and Fi’s relationship for a very long time and
later on goes to find out that he was right. However, this is very biased. We
are witnessing only one small fragment of their relationship. We have very
little understanding of their relationship and at first judgement would
classify Liam as the protagonist. This is because of the viewpoint in which we
are watching the situation unfold. There is very little information given on Fi’s
recount of the events that led to their current situation. And in my opinion,
that is the danger of the grain. It takes away from the entire viewership of
people. Yes, in our everyday lives today we can only know for sure how we feel,
what we mean, and our own intentions, but the grain seems to make this an even
less of an introspective experience. But it is not even just the grain that
makes humans less aware of the events and situations going on around us, we
have cell phones. It seems that these technologies are distractions and cause
delays and possibly even dangerous. According to the article, “If You’re Not
Paranoid, You’re Crazy”, there are several hints to the fact that technology is
advancing so much, that there is not really even a cap on that advancement. And
advancement that is deeply unsettling and burrowing into our own personal
lives. There is a moment within the article where it says, “The girlfriend in
1993 who forbade me to rent a dirty video on the grounds that ‘they keep lists
of everything’”. This especially run a bell with me. Kashmir Hill of Forbes
wrote an article called, “How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant
Before Her Father Did”. Basically the article tells the story detailing the
datamining tactics Target implemented to offer specific products that the
typical pregnant woman would need. It seems whether we’re ready or not, there
is an entirely new wave of technology that is going to be sweep the homes of
every family that will no longer seem like a novelty, but a necessity with
possibly even more invasive consequences than the secret slip of a teenage
pregnancy or even an affair.
