El futuro de...

Watched the first episode and all I can say is... woof.

Brain-numbingly void of any real science. And in true Netflix fashion, it seems like they overpaid for VO and underpaid for graphics. Evidently people in the future have no faces or fingers.

Overall, it felt cheaply made and geared toward a younger audience. I'm not entirely sure I would even call this a documentary series since it feels so over-scripted and cookie-cutter. But I guess that's what happens when you have EIGHT executive producers on a 20-minute video about dogs.

Once again... woof.

So basically it is drunken talk put into a semi science series with semi experts It is rated watchable by 9 year olds. In one of the features of how we would find our ideal partner one guy says he's in if it helps him to get laid.

This is the second episode after the episode with pets which has to be geared towards kids in elementary school.

This is worse than all the true crime drama. I hope Netflix pulls this and sends us a personal letter of apology of adding this to their recommendations.

Went into the show because I heard Rose Eveleth was in it and I'm a fan of the podcast Flashforward podcast, which is an intelligent show with deep and thoughtful analysis about possible futures and does an excellent job of talking to experts on the issues.

The show is not like that. It's trying to be more accessible to a wider audience. It winds up being mostly techno-optimistic fluff, with every so often a teeny bit of more nuanced commentary from an expert like Rose Eveleth. I wanted much more of the latter and way less of the former.

I get they're trying to make this really accessible to a wide audience through random-people-on-the-street commentaries and the like. I found myself wanting more depth, and I was dismayed at how many minutes of every episode are spent breathlessly showcasing random tech startups. It felt more like long-form advertisements than documentary journalism.

Flashforward fans: don't get your hopes up. For every minute of an STS-type scholar trying to invite a smarter conversation, there are five minutes of hyping up random tech CEOs advertising their latest startup.

The show offers a superficial view into the possible future of technology. Allthough the show lacks any form of depth and is sometimes a bit too unrealistic (looking at you 'talking to your dog' episode) the show does offer some fun new visions for the future. Nothing too mindblowing, but enough to make you think.

Despite below-par and boring production, interesting ideas are presented, as another review pointed out. It's just creative theories and speculations yes, but that's all it claims to be. I liked it.