• query@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “let the machines” is the problem. They decide how it all works, and what it’s for. If there was an opt-in virtual world, with an independently certified logging out option, maybe manually checking in with everyone at regular intervals, then probably a whole lot of people would choose to be there.

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      1 year ago

      Isn’t that how the matrix 3 ends?

      I was super drunk when I watched it but I feel like that’s the compromise they reached

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        1 year ago

        From what I remember it ends with Doogie Houser saying “lol jk go do whatever you want” and then fly away.