Eh, it wasn’t super critical of the police in context of the distopian society, but the society as a whole was obviously horrific, so I don’t think it needed to be. If you ignore the opening chase and the very end, about half the police shown were corrupt. Anderson was a judge, but she was explicitly trying to do good in the world. She was constantly going against the rigid rules of being a judge and ignoring what she “should” have done as a judge. This was presented as a good thing. The movie ends with her giving up her badge (or at least attempting to). I don’t see the movie as pro police.

It would take one hell of a director but maybe. The descriptions of a lot of things in the book are abstract and weird. Things and ideas are sometimes described as if you are already familiar with them and the world. It would take someone with vision. I’m also worried that if it were done well, it may not have a wide enough appeal to please the execs at the box office.

Apple is making it into a TV show right now, and I’m expecting to be disappointed. Most media has been too Netflixified.

You are half mistaken. CNN partnered with Kalshi not Polymarket, but they are similar companies.

That paper isn’t quite as compelling as I’d hoped it would be for your conclusions. It’s good research, but I’d really like to see a larger sample size, differentiation as to whether people are choked to the point of passing out, and more cognitive tests (because this paper didn’t see any decrease in ability).