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If @detourdog meant AR/VR in the snow crash / Metaverse sense, I guess the apprehension is similar to the discourse about "Leo Tolstoy on why people drink (2014
by pipo234 3y ago
If @detourdog meant AR/VR in the snow crash / Metaverse sense, I guess the apprehension is similar to the discourse about "Leo Tolstoy on why people drink (2014)" a couple of days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36526645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36526645
People tend to turn to substances / AR/VR / texting / phone calls / read books / ... to take the edge of confronting the sometimes harsh reality. Of course, there is no way in which AR/VR is likely to intrinsically improve interaction, but is is so much worse that we need to worry?
- detourdog 3y agoI worry about it more the AI. I also make no claim that it is worse or better. Maybe an easy example to examine the difference between A Rave alone in your cubicle with everybody in the world vs. A Rave with a 1,000 people in abandoned waterfront warehouse. That Rave can simultaneously experience the sunrise before making their way back to where they belong. They are very different and I'm sure with the right stimulants equally intense. Could be it's just nostalgia that makes me worry about it.