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White Bear
Season 2 Episode 2
Overall Progress: 40%
✔ Achieved❌ Not yet achieved
A woman wakes up with no memory and is hunted by masked strangers while bystanders film everything on their phones.
Fictional Tech/Societal Changes
- 🏛️❌Viral justice and public shaming
- 🤖❌Reality as entertainment
- 👁️❌Mass surveillance by citizens
How Close Are We?
Public shaming and viral justice are common on social media ("cancel culture"). Filming crimes and incidents for entertainment or outrage is widespread (WorldStarHipHop, TikTok, YouTube). Citizen surveillance is enabled by smartphones everywhere, but state-sanctioned punishment parks do not exist. The episode exaggerates trends that are already present in society.