What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedGoverning Global Emotions
Jessica Pykett · Book · 2026
If you loved Governing Global Emotions, start with Soulm8te (Kate Dolan, 2026) — a film on the same thread. Below: 4 films, 4 series and 2 podcasts, each matched to Governing Global Emotions across media.
If Governing Global Emotions hooked you, it is because you are fascinated by how technological systems quantify and manipulate human interiority.
Films on the same thread
Soulm8te
Kate Dolan · Film · 2026
Explores: artificial consciousness, grief, technological hubris.
Just as Governing Global Emotions warns about the risks of emotional commodification, this film explores the chilling consequences of attempting to engineer artificial consciousness to fulfill human emotional needs.
The Assessment
Fleur Fortuné · Film · 2025
Explores: Eugenics, Overpopulation, Government Control.
Governing Global Emotions examines the surveillance of human experience, a theme echoed here as society uses rigorous optimization and assessment protocols to dictate the most intimate aspects of life.
A Toxic Love Story
Film · 2026
Explores: Digital Harassment, Escalating Violence, Obsession.
If Governing Global Emotions hit, A Toxic Love Story shares the thread.
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Olivia Newman · Film · 2026
Explores: Grief and healing, Intergenerational friendship, Hidden secrets.
If Governing Global Emotions hit, Remarkably Bright Creatures shares the thread.
Series on the same thread
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Adam Curtis · Series · 2011
Shares a thread with Governing Global Emotions: Algorithmic Bias.
This series serves as the visual companion to Governing Global Emotions, critiquing the pervasive way technological systems have colonized our perception and reshaped the structure of modern society.
Psycho-Pass
Series · 2012
Explores: Moral Ambiguity, Technological Determinism, Social Control.
This show dramatizes the precise dangers outlined in Governing Global Emotions, depicting a future where biometric monitoring and algorithmic assessment are used to police human intent and behavior.
Pluribus
Vince Gilligan · Series · 2025
Explores: Existential dread, The cost of happiness, Reluctant hero.
While Governing Global Emotions analyzes the datafication of feelings, this dark satire explores the societal cost of prioritizing forced happiness, mirroring your interest in the regulation of human affect.
Unchosen
Julie Gearey · Series · 2026
Explores: Forbidden Desire, Secrets and Lies, Escapism.
If Governing Global Emotions hit, Unchosen shares the thread.
Podcasts on the same thread
The Telepathy Tapes
Ky Dickens · Podcast · 2026
Explores: consciousness exploration, unexplained phenomena, human potential.
Like the scientific exploration of emotion sensing in Governing Global Emotions, this podcast investigates the boundaries of human consciousness and the potential for new, unexplained technological interfaces with reality.
The Realignment
The Realignment · Podcast · 2026
Explores: institutional change, populism, technological disruption.
If Governing Global Emotions hit, The Realignment shares the thread.
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Common questions
What core issues does Governing Global Emotions explore regarding emotion sensing?
Governing Global Emotions examines the consequences of converting human emotions into digital data. It specifically investigates the implications of using facial emotion recognition, brain-computer interfaces, and sentiment analysis to measure, monitor, and manage the essence of human experience through scientific exploration and technological intervention.
Is Governing Global Emotions primarily about the benefits of emotion monitoring?
No, Governing Global Emotions focuses on what goes wrong when emotions are treated as digital data. While the book acknowledges that emotion sensing promises to decode and augment human experience, it critically addresses the risks and potential failures inherent in these new methods of monitoring and management.
Does Governing Global Emotions discuss specific technologies used for sentiment analysis?
Yes, Governing Global Emotions covers a range of technologies used to gather data on human experience. This includes facial emotion recognition, brain-computer interfaces, virtual reality, and global emotion surveys, all of which are analyzed in the context of how they are used to monitor and manage human emotions.
What is the primary focus of Governing Global Emotions by Jessica Pykett?
Governing Global Emotions by Jessica Pykett explores the intersection of digital data and human feeling. The book investigates the scientific terrain created by emotion sensing technologies and questions the impact of attempting to control and decode the essence of human experience through digital measurement and monitoring.