Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Representation / casting choices

Real experts, families, and individuals appear in natural interview settings with no audience-visible diversity quotas, swaps, or signaling.

Political / ideological dialogue

Herzog poses broad questions about technology's effects on humanity but uses no partisan language, activist slogans, or identity-based arguments.

Identity-driven story themes

Core focus stays on shared human experiences like connection, isolation, and fear of machines; no plots or messaging built around race, gender, sexuality, or group identity.

Institutional / cultural critique

Notes downsides such as online cruelty, surveillance, and tech fragility, yet frames them as existential human issues rather than modern activist attacks on capitalism, patriarchy, or Western institutions.