• @query@lemmy.world
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    3510 months ago

    “let the machines” is the problem. They decide how it all works, and what it’s for. If there was an opt-in virtual world, with an independently certified logging out option, maybe manually checking in with everyone at regular intervals, then probably a whole lot of people would choose to be there.

    • Rhaedas
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      1710 months ago

      Black Mirror’s San Junipero was an example of an opt-in and a rare good ending.

    • Platypus
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      610 months ago

      Isn’t that how the matrix 3 ends?

      I was super drunk when I watched it but I feel like that’s the compromise they reached

      • @WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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        1110 months ago

        From what I remember it ends with Doogie Houser saying “lol jk go do whatever you want” and then fly away.

        • ditty
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          510 months ago

          That’s Matrix 4. Just forget about that whole trainwreck ;)