You've got a great point and analogy presented here. Your dumb empty box with one or two screens is indeed part of the problem, but it's also connected with wha

You've got a great point and analogy presented here. Your dumb empty box with one or two screens is indeed part of the problem, but it's also connected with what's being communicated by those screens. Our collective understanding of human of life is being reduced to measures of material wealth. Such ideology has contributed to the rise in suicide among young people in the US and other countries. >Martians building a human zoo would give us room to walk and run and explore, materials to craft with, and other humans to connect to emotionally and physically. Suppose the happiest humans in the zoo are the ones with an understanding of their relationship to the Martian zoo staff. The most content among them would know that appeasing the Martian zookeepers means more food, stuff to play with, and even more humans to enjoy. Those who try to oppose them or hide from them will have their efforts wasted - the Martian zookeepers effectively see and know all. Any human attempts at order will have to contend with the higher order of the Martian zookeepers. Being ignorant of the Martian zookeepers has it's own risks, as it would disconnect the captive humans from the true meaning of their own existence. IMO a deeper source of depression among modern-day humans is linked to a similar existential crisis.