Ever since about 1998, when humankind began fast-forwarding through the gradually-unfolding history of progress, like someone impatiently zipping through a YouTube clip in search of the best bits, we've grown accustomed to machines veering from essential to obsolete in the… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
I did once leave one of [my kid] watching something on YouTube, something completely innocuous, and I went out of the room and the algorithm kept playing the next thing and the next thing and somehow worked its way around… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
People bemoan the loss of watercooler chat, but I think that there's more of that than ever. It's just that it's online. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
On the other hand [making a string of one-off episodes], there's a real freedom, because you're kind of reinventing the show every week. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
What I disliked most about working as a shop assistant wasn't the occasional snooty customer or the shop or the hours, but the way… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
I think the problem we have as apes is we're asking far bigger questions than we could possibly process. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
In the age of social media, everyone's a newspaper columnist, exaggerating what they think and feel. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
Women - why aren't you running the world yet? Frankly I'm disappointed in you. Men are still far too dominant for their own good,… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
We've got characters in the UK like Boris Johnson, who's kind of like a proto Trump in many ways even down to the crazy… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
The internet's perfect for all manner of things, but productive discussion ain't one of them. It provides scant room for debate and infinite opportunities… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
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