It's dystopian, but maybe inevitable? It might be the only way for economic growth and standard of livings (or some dystopian version of these standards) to con

It's dystopian, but maybe inevitable? It might be the only way for economic growth and standard of livings (or some dystopian version of these standards) to continue increasing globally without the human ecological footprint becoming even more disastrous than it currently is. People's lives becoming more virtual may be a (sad) way to use a smaller amount of real world resources and stop trampling the planet.