Well met Winston!
I like the notion that we live only one life. Unless we read 10,000 books and experience 10,000 lives. This should not take the place of physical challenges but hold its role in a well balanced yet dynamic lifestyle.
The way things are now, there is just a big market for this dystopian style of fiction. How many people will look you straight in the eye and insist we are living in a simulation? I would bet half of those people had their awakening watching The Matrix way back when. ;) There definitely needs to be a little more positivity and I look forward to a return to that in popular fiction.
Such a well-put-together article with some real though-provoking questions!
Thanks, Zeke!
I've certainly got nothing against a market for books (and ideas) and people reading whatever brings us pleasure. I just question why certain scenarios and ideas seem to bring us pleasure. And why we would select the grimmest of them to become part of our schools' core curriculum.
And yeah, the Matrix simulation thing is starting to feel a little overdone, isn't it? Although I might feel a little differently if I ever get myself a pair of VR goggles...