Emily Herring

Emily Herring, a writer and philosopher known for 'Herald of a Restless World,' delves into the thought-provoking themes from 'Black Mirror.' She questions whether the series still serves as speculative fiction or merely mirrors our reality. Herring discusses platform capitalism, cognitive exploitation, and the enigmatic concept of enshittification. Drawing on Henri Bergson's insights, she explores how technology impacts our autonomy, creativity, and memory, arguing that qualitative aspects of consciousness struggle to survive in a tech-driven world.

Emily Herring, a scholar of intellectual history and early 20th-century philosophy, discusses Henri Bergson and his public influence. She explores Bergson's ideas about time, intuition versus analysis, and Creative Evolution. Conversation covers his celebrity, clashes with contemporaries, reception amid war and prejudice, and surprising parallels between Bergson's worries and today’s concerns about algorithms and AI.