metaverse and matrix

[Diana]

There is nothing wrong with metaverse, computers, virtual worlds, the internet, software, programs, AI or anything of the sort.

They are just tools which enrich the experience in this planet. A large majority of wanderers would be bored out of their freaking minds if such venues were not present.

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Here you are, using 'the internet' which was declared satanic by a lot of people when it first came to being, posting in this forum, talking to people. Doing the same kind of declaration for metaverse or the ai or anything similar would just mean that you have no difference from those who declared the internet 'evil' back in the day. This should tell something.

I agree with this, although I wouldn't characterize all those questioning the metaverse in this way. I must add that if there is no balance (getting out into the natural world, nature, around other life forms one can't control) then how does one make sense of how one is related to all else? I suppose it could be done to a certain extent virtually, but the missing element is the challenge of real interaction with what has been created here physically in which to navigate. Why be here at all if one is going to just be plugged into a VR? I realize this leads us down an existential rabbit hole, given that it could be said in 3D we are plugged into a VR.

I think the danger is for those who simply do not think for themselves, although, ultimately, it is all choice (or the choice not to choose, or the sinkhole of indifference). Those who just follow and buy into anything the media says will keep doing that anyway. VR just makes it more immersive, and eventually, as we have subliminal advertising which has been around for decades, it only follows that some type of coercive technology for the sake of profit, or whatever inducement, will be incorporated. 

I think VR has great potential for growth in consciousness beyond the idea of simple fun, but like anything in this reality, it can be used for less-than-desirable purposes—hence the need for balance and discretion.

In any case, there is no stopping technology, and as in the ending of the 3rd Matrix movie, the "machines" and humans need to find a way to work together.

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By the way, has anyone seen the recent Matrix movie yet?