Episode Title: Going Full Transparent: Tech Culture & Surveillance in The Circle (2017)

Episode Summary: In this episode of Celluloid Circuits, I break down the tech-saturated world of The Circle (2017), a film that explores the blurry line between innovation and intrusion. Continuing the privacy vs. transparency thread from last episode’s Anon, we unpack how social conformity, corporate overreach, and the relentless pursuit of “going transparent” shape a society teetering on the edge of dystopia.

From SeeChange cameras and SoulSearch tracking to TruYou’s single-sign-on identity monopoly, we explore the real-life counterparts of these technologies and ask the big question: Are we already living in this world?

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