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Given a document, find the main entity about whom the author is writing. Write the full name if mentioned in the text. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
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Lately  weâve been seeing a boom in TV dystopias. Two of the most successful premieres in the past few years have been HBOâs Westworld and Huluâs The Handmaidâs Tale: the former a solemn  plodding update of Michael Crichtonâs 1973 film  in which subjugated androids revolt and take over a theme park; the latter a stylish and compelling adaptation of Margaret Atwoodâs 1985 novel  in which the United States becomes a patriarchal theocracy. Other recent examples include Amazonâs The Man in the High Castle (based on Philip K. Dickâs 1962 novel about an alternate reality in which the Axis powers have won World War II)  HBOâs The Leftovers (about a world in which 2 percent of the population has mysteriously disappeared)  and Netflixâs new Altered Carbon (a cyberpunk gorefest based on a 2002 novel by Richard K. Morgan). Stretching the criteria a bit  one could perhaps include the long-running zombie odyssey The Walking Dead and its spin-off  Fear the Walking Dead  and sitcoms that play with dystopic elements  like The Good Place and The Last Man on Earth.
The success of Black Mirror is the proximate cause for the existence of  Philip K. Dickâs  Electric Dreams  also produced by Channel 4 and available here on Amazon. Dick  of course  is one of the past masters of the dystopia genre: His 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was the basis for the seminal Ridley Scott film Blade Runner  and his work has been mined by Hollywood countless times ever since.  Electric Dreams  adapts 10 of  Dickâs  short stories  including âThe Hood Makerâ (which imagines a class war between telepaths and normal citizens  who resent their mindsâ being invaded) and âThe Father Thingâ (in which a childâs father is replaced by a sinister alien doppelgÃ¤nger).
 Electric Dreams  is slickly made and intermittently effective  but despite some half-hearted attempts to reimagine or update the material (the boy in âThe Father Thing â upon uncovering the alien conspiracy  posts a video on the Internet with the hashtag â#RESISTâ)  it doesnât really feel of our moment. Part of the problem is that Dickâs work has been adapted for film so many times already that itâs hard to watch a given episode of Electric Dreams  however well executed  and not compare it unfavorably  if unfairly  with Blade Runner  or Paul Verhoevenâs Total Recall  or Steven Spielberg âs  Minority Report.  Dickâs  sensibility is idiosyncratic and sui generis  but at this point it feels more like a piece of intellectual property than the amphetamine-fueled gnostic vision it once was. Is anybody âs  mind really blown by the is-our-world-real-or-just-a-simulation conundrum posed by âReal Life â for example  after weâve seen not only Total Recall but The Matrix and Westworld and a hundred other iterations of it?
The problem  however  isnât just overfamiliarity. Dystopias draw their power from an analysis of the present  and  Dick âs once-radical vision of the future is now as far in the past as H.G. Wellsâs was for  Dick  when  he  began writing. This is what Black Mirror  for all its flaws  has over Electric Dreams: The series feels like itâs about things that Brooker is genuinely worried about  not a dutiful tribute to what someone was worried about in the 1960s; itâs the future as seen from the 21st century  not the 20th. This problem is endemic to many of the recent dystopian shows. The fact that Westworld is based on a movie from 1973  and The Handmaidâs Tale on a novel from 1985  doesnât invalidate their value as entertainments or as cultural commentaries. But it does introduce concerns alien to the dystopiaâs imperative to take the worst of the present day and amplify it.
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Philip K. Dick


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Oscar Cortez   46  originally from El Salvador  is a plumber who has built an American life in the 17 years he has had temporary protected status. The U.S. government will terminate the program for an estimated 200 000 Salvadorans in this country  people with knowledge of the plan said Monday. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)
 Oscar Cortez  feels like  he  has an ordinary American life.  He  carries a Costco card.  He  roots for the Boston Red Sox. And five days a week   he  rises before dawn  pulls on four shirts and two pairs of pants  and ventures into the frigid air to work as a plumber  a good job that pays for his Maryland townhouse and his daughtersâ college fund.
The U.S. government opened the door to this life in 2001 when it granted  Cortez  and about 200 000 other migrants from El Salvador Temporary Protected Status (TPS)  a provisional reprieve from deportation that has allowed them to work legally in the United States for 17 years.
At 15th and L streets NW in Washington   Cortez  saw the news on  his  mobile phone while taking a break from laying copper pipe at the construction site of the new Fannie Mae headquarters.
Many Salvadorans say they will try to stay in the United States illegally â a fate they find more bearable than facing the rampant gang violence in their homeland.  Cortez  said  he  visited  his  parents in 2016 for the first time since  he  left and was shocked to see that the house had six locks on every door to ward off burglars. People  he  knew had left or died. Strangers stared at  him  on the street.
âI felt like a foreigner in my own land â  he  said. âEveryone is looking at  you  like youâre from outer space.â
Both men said they are hoarding their savings in case they lose their jobs along with their protected status.  Cortez  has put off replacing  his  old Mitsubishi Montero  with 150 000 miles and a sputtering engine.
Like many TPS recipients  they say they will try to obtain legal residency.  His  wife is a legal resident  and  Cortez  hopes she will someday be able to sponsor  him . Contreras said he is trying to get a green card through his wife  a U.S. citizen. But there are no guarantees.
 Cortez  nodded. âWeâll lose our jobs â he said. âWeâll lose it all.â
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Oscar Cortez


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Ben Zobrist? Kyle Schwarber? Kris Bryant? Anthony Rizzo? The Cubs donât seem worried  as they scored 822 runs last season despite Schwarberâs struggles  eventually dropping him from that spot. Assuming they donât acquire a leadoff specialist  theyâll likely rely on a combination of players seeking to provide the production Dexter Fowler supplied in 2016.
The Cubs had minus-9 defensive runs saved at that position last year. Without a strikeout-heavy rotation  defense takes on a greater role. Schwarber has slimmed down to help his agility. Ian Happ has been prone to taking curious routes to the ball.  Ben Zobrist  isnât fast  but  he âs dependable.
 Zobrist  turns 37 on May 26  and  he  played in only 128 games in 2017 because of wrist and back injuries. Manager Joe Maddon faces the delicate balance of getting  Zobrist  ready without taxing  him . Happ is lined up to receive more playing time to preserve Zobristâs health.
Cubs' Ben Zobrist swinging for a rebound after injury-plagued season Â»
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Ben Zobrist