The third episode of Black Mirror showed us the benefits and drawbacks of the technology that allows human to retain all their memories.

After watching this movie, I become more aware of the moral and enthical controvercies that come with the techonological progress. This is an important lesson to me because my career plan is to work as a researcher in engineering physics and will most likely face such porblem.

Regarding the specific topic of using a device to store all of one’s memory, I will still use it if it becomes available, even after the movie showed all the problems. The movie listed several examples of such technology. But I believe the benefits is more than what it has shown. For example, as a student I have always hated thoughtless memorization of contents such as vocabulary. With such technology students will only have to see those contents once and will have more time to devote to other studies. Moreover, police can use this techonology to solve crimes easier with the witness providing accurate statements.

Yet, one cannot ignore the problems that come with this techonology. The movie only showed a glimpse of the main problem: who should have the access to such memories. Not just between married couples or ex-boy/girlfriends, but also between the government agencies and civilians. As shown in the beginning of the movie, the security checked the protagnist’s memory. Suppose that the police needs to investigate a crime, should they have the access to the memory of the suspect?

Even with the problems in mind, I still believe human should pursue techonological progress because this has always been the way which  humanity develops.