> people normally respond with an implicit assumption that the technology is not good enough Because it's not good enough and there's no real plausible means b

> people normally respond with an implicit assumption that the technology is not good enough Because it's not good enough and there's no real plausible means by which it will be good enough. I mean this was a core argument in the Matrix, and many agreed that it wasn't worth doing even when the virtual reality was absolutely flawless and a land of limitless bounty. And there's no tech in progress that has a path to that kind of immersive experience. Even if that kind of thing is possible which I have doubts about my great-grand-children will be long dead by the time it shows up. You're not going to hang out with friends in foreign countries for free you're going to be isolated in your house with a piece of plastic on your face.