“Devs” Creator Alex Garland Compares U.S. Tech Companies To Monarchies

FX's new offering delves into quantum computing and the idea of free will.

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[waynedurning]

This guy is the best thing to happen to sci-fi in a long time.

[chingaochanga]

This series was so, good! Too underrated.

[reddblurr]

This show was absolutely amazing. I also love that it’s a one off. Felt more like a 7 hour movie than an 8 episode season.

[Blindswordsman]

They say Chris Nolan is the best filmmaker to come from the UK but this guy is on another level.

[mugglescakesniffer]

Devs is like abstract art and Sci fi. It is also interesting that Westworld and Devs are on at the same time and both shows are struggling with a quantum type computer and Determinism.

[AkashaLonsdale-Deighton]

Just finished the last episode of Devs. Such a captivating and thought provoking series. Quite mesmerising. So glad I stuck with it as it just got better and better. What a great interview with Alex Garland too.

[limacharlie]

Really loving this guy's work - thought provoking and beautifully shot. 👍

[Indrid__Cold]

This series literally changed my life. Areas of thought that are so often wall off because we are too uncomfortable thinking about them, and too uncertain about what our conclusions might be. For me the following lines were most significant. "The universe is deterministic. It's godless, and neutral, and defined only by physical laws."

[irnbrubhoy]

I agree with everything he said. Now I just need to memorise it so I sound clever when I’m talking with my relatives.

[rhatikeo]

i could only imagine Alex Garland making a movie like Man of Steel and dealing with the Element of power

[uprightape]

Devs is beautifully filmed and a joy to watch, with the plot unfolding at an accelerating pace and so many questions left to answer. Is the future predictable with enough terabytes? Is Pete The Homeless Guy a spy? Is Katie OK or is she an evil corporate hack? I gotta know.

[brochill]

this show was the best sci fi show i have seen so far.

[andrewwhitfield]

A deterministic world is living art in the purest and truest form. Free from our understanding of flaws or the idea of understanding at all.

[jackcroatan]

Well, fuk me if garland didn't just predict the future, and everything wrong the tech companies would bring.

[psykoj]

Best series ever! Thank you Mr. Garland!

[Marc-ioqm]

This didn’t age well with the malfeasance and group think around the mRNA injections.

[killakaiju]

Alex Harland needs to be interviewed by Joe Rogan

[DavidTitus_]

Loved you're work Alex, also happen to upload some debates with big streamers on scientific wrong doing lately, maybe you find it interesting, dev's was fantastic

[actualnotanewbie]

Dear commenters:


Dont.
Spoil.
The endgame.

[unskeptable]

How does their consciousness transfer into the simulator?