Whether you’re contemplating an abstract art piece, watching a movie, reading a book or staring at a short-form video of young women jumping up and down, you probably spend a lot of your free time engaging with media, talking about it and sharing it.
If you’re spending all this time injecting media straight into your brain, I’d argue that it would be worthwhile to improve your ability to critically think about the media you experience.
This is a short essay on the first episode of the Pluto (2023) anime.
First, I’ll present evidence for the robot Brau1589 being an allusion to the Titan Prometheus from Greek mythology. Then, I’ll discuss my thoughts on what “fire” Brau1589 may have stolen from the gods, who the “gods” may be and who Brau1589 may have given the “fire” to. Finally, I’ll present some open questions that this allusion raises.