abaya

Very, very well put, Kostya. This is why no utopias can ever work... because ultimately, you cannot ignore class and differential access to material resources, no matter how nice it sounds. Right on the money, man.

I love your post because it takes into account the global inequities that continue to increase just as a small portion of "humankind" (mostly Westerners, and particularly Americans) continues to increase its ability to control technology. One feeds the other, in the manner of colonialism of old.

Technological advances, including virtual devices, do nothing to advance the general well-being of the majority of the world's population. This isn't because they are inherently bad technologies, but because they are inequitably managed and distributed. It comes down to humans being inhuman to each other... and that's not something any virtual reality is ever going to change.

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