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Jimmy O. Yang: Good Deal (2020)
Would have preferred an hour of Jian Yang
Big fan of HBO Silicon Valley and read his book which was great so had high hopes. I'm Asian and I felt like I should have laughed more. I chuckled a couple times and one time I laughed, but otherwise I thought it fell short. Not cringe like TJ Miller's attempt on HBO, but not especially laugh out loud. If you are a fan of SV then you should give it a try but for me I wouldn't watch it again.
I Am Human (2019)
Antidote to Black Mirror, indeed.
Watched it late last night, the first night available on OTT and bought it at full price. It was well worth it.
As a physician-scientist with a BS in psych and a PhD in neuroscience who almost worked for kernel.co, I thought Elena and Taryn and team killed it. They struck a perfect balance of tech, clinical efficacy, emotion, and optimism.
I felt it was a highly accessible treatment of the subject that could pull anyone in... although I will need to watch it again with non-neuroscientist friends.
I still remember the first time in 1997 I saw a DBS (deep brain stimulator) unit turned on in a Parkinson's patient at neurosurgery grand rounds. It brought tears to my eyes.
So too last night.
Congratulations!!! Huge fan.