A sci-fi story or horror? Anand Mahindra's question for the future face of technology

The pandemic made technology more a part of our every day lives than ever before. Everything, from work and school to meetings with loved ones and extra-curricular activities became virtual. Locked away at home, we spent an extra-ordinary amount of time online, dabbling in and discovering new technology to assist us in this new normal.

As technology continues to evolve, we seem to be eerily heading towards a 'Black Mirror'-esque reality. And living in this new world has often left many of wondering what the future will look like.

The same thought ran though business magnate Anand Mahindra's mind as he saw a clipping from the 2019 British drama 'Years & Years', that showed a woman who had implanted a phone under her skin, thus converting her hand into a phone.


Sharing the clip on his Twitter handle, where Mahindra regularly engages with his 8.3 million followers, the Mahindra Group chairman said that "depending on your age & outlook, this clip is either an uplifting sci-fi story or a horror movie."

He went on to question what technology would do to our bodies, tweeting, "When your hand becomes the phone, what does your brain become??"


The six-part limited series, beginning in 2019 and jumping 15 years forward into an unstable world, explores theme of near-future sci-fi.