Elliot, what is it about society that disappoints you so much? Is it that we collectively thought Steve Jobs was a great man, even when we knew he made billions off the backs of children? A world built on fantasy, or maybe it's that it feels like all our heroes are

counterfeiting synthetic emotions in the form of pills, damning each other with our psychological warfare masquerading as insights in the form of advertisements? Or is it that we voted for this? Turn it off. Figure out the battery. They're things by corporation, property, our money, hypnotizing us

into the biggest slumber mankind has ever seen. Elliot, you're not saying anything. What's wrong? Nothing. [Music] Action. The show's about multiple things, but central is about this guy named Elliot. He's our main character. He's a cyber security engineer by day and a

vigilante hacker by night. It's really about his place in the world and how sort of technology has kind of taken over our sort of modern-day society. All these amazing things that have enhanced our life so much at the same time has also destroyed a lot of

humanity. Everything is digitized, everything is a digital number, everything's on a digital display to the point where even our relationships are now monetized by Facebook and Twitter and all these social media corporations. So this ownership that we're kind of allowing these corporations to take over

is sort of a modern-day dilemma. The one percent versus the 99th. The zillionaires that play God and govern like that invisible hand that we all have to live by. He hacks into people's lives because he has the disability of not being able

to connect with human beings I will start by saying Sam's a very unique individual he's whip smart he's incredibly talented and this is clearly his mind behind this show he's here all the time and this is such a cerebral television show that if you don't have

the guy who created it you know sort of helping you and keeping you on track on certain elements I think it would be impossible to do It's unbelievable working with Sam on set This whole story is so close to him so my background is that I'm just a nerd

at heart I had actually started an internet company during the whole internet boom My friends were programmers some of them were hackers and I just never felt it was represented well in television or film so there was like a part passion for the culture and passion to

tell their story and slash frustration with how poorly I thought it was being represented from [Music] Hollywood [Music] you

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Questions Elliot's disappointment with society, citing examples like the idolization of Steve Jobs despite questionable practices.

Highlights the manipulation of emotions through advertising and the societal acceptance of corporate control.

Describes Elliot as a cybersecurity engineer by day and vigilante hacker by night.

Discusses the duality of technology: enhancing lives while destroying humanity.

Explains the monetization of relationships through social media and corporate control.

Highlights the power imbalance between the wealthy elite and the majority.

Explains Elliot's hacking as a result of his inability to connect with people.

Praises Sam's unique vision and talent in creating the show.

Shares the creator's background as a nerd with experience in internet companies.

Explains the passion behind creating the show, stemming from a lack of accurate representation of hackers in media.

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