![]() ![]() ![]() Before that, there was the Black Mirror episode Hang the DJ, which had exactly the same premise, not to mention innumerable novels – especially YA dystopian tales such as Ally Condie’s Matched trilogy – and short stories. It is a premise seen most recently in Amazon’s six-part anthology series Soulmates, set in a near-future world in which computers run your DNA through a database to determine your, ah, soulmate, and Netflix’s Gallic import Osmosis. Adapted by Misfits creator Howard Overman from John Marrs’ 2017 novel of the same name, it is set in a very near future world in which computers can run your DNA through a database and predict your perfect romantic match. ![]() ![]() There is time to ponder such points as you embark on the new drama series The One – mostly because you will have seen it all before. After all, the streaming platform probably only served it up to us in the first place because the numbers and the data we pump in with every click of the remote – even more valuable, perhaps, than the direct debits paying those gently climbing subscription fees – told the company such a programme would be worth its while. T here’s something pleasingly spooky – or spookily pleasing – about watching a show on Netflix on the increasing power of algorithms to determine our lives. ![]()
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