Watching Apple TV’s Pluribus is an interesting experience in that it practically forces viewers to ask themselves what they would do if they were in the protagonist’s shoes. Would we be like Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn) – eschewing any help from the hive mind that has taken over humanity – or would we use the drones as servants and pretend that our infected family were still normal like the five English-speaking immune people elsewhere do? Those of us who value free will and individuality may confidently insist that we would follow Carol’s example, but her high moral ground may not be as solid as it at first appears.

With the hive mind in control of all infrastructure worldwide, Carol (and any other like-minded survivor of the viral apocalypse) would have a hard time staying off the gr

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