In Time : Episode 11
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In Time
What: Justin Timberlake fights the power in a world where time is currency.
Directed by: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Justin Timberlake, Cillian Murphy, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde
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Show Notes
Biological Immortality
Telomeres. Telomerease. Garbage collection. Avoiding cancer. The Immortalists.
Biopharmaceutical DRM
Bitcoin. Digital wealth transfer. Terminator genes. Bio-pharma IP law.
Economics and Time Inflation
Wealth and life evaporate with each passing second. This is on top of inflation used on purpose to thin the herd. Time in the film must be only artificially finite.
Stratified Society
Geographic and economic lockdown. Banlieue 13.
Tech
Skin displays. Biological immortality. Payphones. Electric classic cars.
Time Security
Cillian Murphy is lawful good. Minute men. Bad system design: could use personal transfer limits. Arm wrestling.
Immortality getting boring
Hoarding of wealth. Artificial scarcity.
Goodbyes
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