SHORT BUT LONG
Dystopian Mini Series

The first day I watched Black Mirror, I felt some of the neural pathways in my brain intersect with Charlie Brooker's. While watching Black Mirror, my pupils dilated, my pulse quickened, and an intuitive voice inside me said, 'You should write an episode of this series.' This dream might not come true, but could I one day forge my own path?

 

Short But Long was born from this dream. With AI technologies becoming accessible, I could bring the scenarios in my mind to life. There was no longer a need for massive sets to create a work of art. For people like me, AI was a platform to launch our idea rockets into space. Perhaps I'm not yet where I want to be technically. I may never be. But I think it's quite enough that a dream first conceived in 2011 has taken shape like this in 2026. Because for the Short But Long mindset, the concept of good isn't the enemy of perfection. On the contrary, the concept of perfection is a hallucination that hinders goodness.

 

Short But Long, as its name suggests, is short in duration but long in message. It's a dystopian universe drawing its strength and inspiration from neuroscience, biology, evolutionary biology, psychology, sociology, spirituality—in short, the often overlooked realities of humanity. It aims to confront the emotionless technology, the swirling consumer culture, the zombifying social media, the mediocrity of digitalization, and all behavioral patterns that alienate humanity from its essence—like slapping a cold shower in the face.