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Aaron Marcus, The Past 100 Years of the Future, Page 127 While most sci-fi films feature extremely intelligent people using sophisticated technology, the sci-fi movie comedy Idiocracy, 2006, directed by Mike Judge, depicts a below-average hero who sleeps through 500 years to awaken as the smartest man on earth among a dumbed-down population that needs childlike displays and constant reminders of sex to keep them entertained. The depiction of simple HCI scenes is often comical, as when a medical receptionist searches among simple symbols of ailments to diagnose a new patient, but the scenes, language, and human-computer interaction also provides a chilling, depressing view of demented, debased users of the future who think Gatorade is needed for plant nutrition and have trouble subtracting 20 from 30. Despite its lack of boxoffice success, the film has achieved a cult following. Figures: Scenes from Idiocracy, 2006. 127
Aaron Marcus, The Past 100 Years of the Future, Page 128 Figure: Scene from Idiocracy, 2006 The film presumes that most media communication has been so dumbed down that viewers must be kept amused by naked or half-naked news reporters, similar to current or recent news reportage in Canada, Europe, and elsewhere. Obviously, this suggsets a highly sexualized version of all HCI, far beyond the wildest dreams of computer nerds of previous decades. (Acknowledgement: TBD) 128
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