Virtual reality could save the planet

Justin has a point about all the resources that could be saved. There is a lot about the possibilities that just seem fascinating to me.

For whatever reason though, I keep thinking "Matrix". Those people weren't enslaved by machines. They continually progressed virtual reality until they submitted to it completely...then forgot. I know vr will progress because that's how people want it, but it also gives others a way to replace your perspective...just one hack/bug away. Who are you voting for this election? Whoops VR replaced what you saw so you voted for the other person. Sorry, glitch.

Although, it would be nice to furnish a house with copy and paste. Save me a lot of money. Just hard to physically sit in a virtual chair. Copy and paste a virtual toilet and hope it's over a real one.

VR, as far as it's progression, is a odd one for me. People choose to recreate something one inch at a time for the sake of efficiency of that inch. Ex., I VR my house as beach front property. That's cheap, saved money. No ocean breeze though. New machine...simulate smells and a fan. No vitamin D from sunlight. Plug me into a tanning bed. After good ideas to solutions role, "efficiency" follows afterward. Ever tasted a drink from the new coke machine with 100 flavors? It's just not the same, but now it's more efficient. So people adapt.

I've rarely seen something all good vs trade-offs. People seem so keen on trading off benefits of now vs whatever the cost is later. So as a recourse, focusing on other outcomes gets legally tagged as TBD. Enter any prescription drug commercial.

I'm trying to be realistic about mass society + mass consumption. I don't think our desire "for more" will go down; but maybe we can replace it with digital consumption?