That must be how the Matrix got started -- create a few cookie-cutter retirement communities, have most of them get taken over by a few management companies, ha

That must be how the Matrix got started -- create a few cookie-cutter retirement communities, have most of them get taken over by a few management companies, have the most ruthless one of those take over whole market and start earnestly geri-farming people for their social security paychecks, optimize and streamline operations, iterate on that enough and you end up with rows of pods with people in VR. Put them in from the birth to improve adaptation metrics and extend useful paycheck receiving time. Matrix is the result of paperclip optimization process on a retirement home concept.