It's somewhat of a dystopian Ready Player One scenario but maybe eventually inevitable. The metaverse is a pretty direct extrapolation of economic growth in the

It's somewhat of a dystopian Ready Player One scenario but maybe eventually inevitable. The metaverse is a pretty direct extrapolation of economic growth in the sense of always doing more with less. Extrapolating the "with less" part leads to people's lives becoming virtual at some point, at least for those who can't afford much of the real world anymore because its good parts are overcrowded. Unless we leave this planet and find an equally good one, the amount of quality real world out there seems limited. As the amount of "wealthy" people on earth continues to increase, the amount of real world wealth we share might not keep up. Especially if you think nature is part of that wealth, and especially if you take into account erosion due to things like climate change. A virtual world may become the only place for growth to continue.