Nosedive, the first episode of the British speculative anthology series, considers the murky relationship between humans and technology.
Lacie lives in a version of America where every tiny interaction is ranked by the people involved on an app that syncs with augmented-reality contact lenses. The minute you see someone you can also see their ranking, meaning that reality has morphed into a pastel-colored nightmare of aggressive cheeriness, as citizens attempt to out-nice each other and bump up their ratings.
The book visualizes her extreme self-consciousness by swapping everyone else’s face to Lacie’s.
