As someone who is a sci fi fan,  I couldn't pass up the opportunity to binge watch the latest Netflix series, Altered Carbon.

Altered Carbon is based off of the same box series written by Richard K. Morgan.

Basically, Altered Carbon is set in the distant future where people are able to transfer their consciousness from one body to the next. Transfer from one body to the next would be called "sleeves" ... where human bodies are now simply something just to download or upload your consciousness from one body to the next.

In this world, the rich and wealthy are the only ones able to afford the nicer, younger sleeves. The majority of the poor just accept whatever old or broken sleeves are left over. 

As well, the rich and wealthy colloquially call themselves "Meths" ... which is the shorten phrase for the Biblical guy, Methuselah, who lived up to 963 years old. Hence, the rich can keep living basically forever by uploading their consciousness from one sleeve to the next.

Altered Carbon basically is TV series of sci fi murder mystery series all bundled up into one, taking inspiration from Matrix and Blade Runner.

Some other themes I enjoyed seeing in the show include the depiction of income inequality, where the rich and wealthy live in luxury high rises above the clouds, while the poor live down below, where it rains constantly.

As well, the show clearly depicts inequality with the health care system, where to get immediate, quality service, you would need to be wealthy. People exchange wealth not by currencies, but simply by scanning their hand or spitting their "DNA" into a payment processor. This in ways, reminds me of how our currencies will eventually evolve, where we'd no longer have paper or coin currencies, but simply have digital currencies. That's where I see cryptocurrencies going is providing that digital way for wealth exchange.

Lastly, and the toughest for most people to stomach, is the show's depiction of violence and abuse against women, as well as those who work in the sex industry / prostitution. The show does not hide against graphic violence and nudity. This is probably the main reason why the show got lower marks for showing nudity and violence, but I do believe its necessary, as these problems are prevalent in today's society.

Actually, the income inequality, bad healthcare access, as well as human trafficking and violence against prostitutes, are very much huge problems that still need to be addressed in "today's" society.

I don't want to give away much of the plot of the show, so hence why I described mostly about the overarching topics that I found the show cover well.

I believe the show got mixed reviews, however, I'm giving it high marks for great depiction of a future society.

(Above image is the Altered Carbon Netflix TV series)

Have you seen Altered Carbon? What do you think of this series?