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Please explain why you think reality is inherently better than a virtual reality. edit: By the way, I get the sense that you think this is a grim future. I do t

• eli_gottlieb 13y ago
  Please explain why you think reality is inherently better than a virtual reality. Mostly because of an entire youth's raising and training designed to not only enable me to cope with things that don't go away when I stop believing in them, but a whole lot of built-up pride and enjoyment at being able to force reality into my desired shape despite itself. edit: By the way, I get the sense that you think this is a grim future. I do too, but I think this is irrational. Angry Birds? That is grim. In fact, any Matrix-y future based on a video game is grim. Video games are designed to provide some entertainment for real people who are taking a break. Or, sometimes, you get World of Warcraft and the game is just designed to keep you paying and playing. To replace most of life, you need to move away in the solution space, to something that's either far more realistic (the Matrix), or something far less realistic, enough to be a fun way to spend all your time. It's like car-culture: it caters to precise fulfillment of individual preferences, probably in a market structure, at the cost of shared communal life and space people actually enjoy. Actually, for the latter to work I think you'd have to raise a whole new generation of people to whom life without significant external challenges or struggles would be as natural as YOLO and SWAG and neo-feudalism are to Generation Z. Wow, I think I've found what I'm going to lecture children about when I'm elderly. You kids these days and your completely self-designed lifestyles!