The Trekkie in me is simply demanding that I direct everybody here today, to quite a fascinating Youtube video discussing thirteen easily missed details about Star Trek The Next Generation. As the video says, TNG belonged to something of a golden age of TV sci fi which we seem to have now sadly grown out of: It held a mirror up to contemporary society, creating a seemingly utopian future which was not quite as wondrous as it first appeared. This video reflects on that, illustrating thirteen fairly dark details we otherwise would probably have ignored. The Ferengi, for example, weren’t just cartoonish villains, but a quite biting commentary on contemporary capitalism. Online analysis like this is increasingly pointing such things out, becoming more and more observant, which is why I definitely think it’s worth watching. Alas, it is only in retrospect that we can realise how incredible such programmes were, as well as what they told us about. ourselves.