And simultaneously one of the main reasons you want to hear this person's opinions.

You need someone outside of the echo chamber. They're deeply involved with the same technology but with a different end goal.

The folks who dreamed this stuff up 20 and 30 years ago saw the clear negative aspects of this future as well, but typically with the easy-to-relate-to fear of things like addiction.

I don't know, maybe some of us aren't excited about the prospects of VR games where everyone's avatar is Strippy McBigtits or Giant Dong Man. The "be anything you want to be" idea is hopelessly intertwined with online VR worlds too.

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