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The more technology can seamlessly take care of the foundation of humanity's needs, the better. Leisure is a very new concept and only came about when humans we
by orky56 11y ago
The more technology can seamlessly take care of the foundation of humanity's needs, the better. Leisure is a very new concept and only came about when humans were able to destress from not having to worry about their next meal or getting attacked by predators. Despite all the progress, much of humanity still faces some basic problems due to inequality and access to resources. Technology combined with some other cultural and structural changes can do away with those issues for good.
- michael_h 11y agoOf course, but once our needs are seamlessly taken care of we're going to just "plug into our computers and get lost in virtual reality"? That is the depressing bit.
- orky56 11y agoI think he's made the assumption that virtual reality would be the ultimate form of leisure since as the article states, it would allow us to experience things our world can't create on its own. We'll leave it up to each individual to decide whether that's depressing or the ultimate goal.