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My biggest problem with a scenario such as virtualization on the scale you're talking about is this: in a virtual world you will only be experiencing what certain people want you to experience. Human nature is NOT benevolent.
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No! The appeal is that everything you experience is on under your own control, not other's virtualized ideas;
Perhaps what I meant to specify (and envisioned) is a
collection of virtualized worlds. Every person would have the ability to create virtual worlds of their own; their virtualized house, their virtualized trip to Italy; their virtual run through the park. Additionally, a connectivity layer would be present to allow others to enter your virtual world and participate. There'd of course of be freaky virtualizations created by equally freaky people, but you'd be free to disconnect at any time. This allows you to live your happy "controlled virtualization" as well as interact with others -- such as the virtualized academy where anyone regardless of geography, stature, or language can come and speak or listen to other academics (with appropriate software translations).
And I appreciate the explanation of evolution, although I do understand it quite well myself.