Maybe it's just me being a lazy motherfucker but I have no problem with computers doing everything for me. I watch a movie like WALL-E and I think oh great that little bastard just came to their spaceship and fucked up everything.
Pleasure is pleasure. If given the choice to live in a VR world like the matrix, I'd fuckin do it. I'm a product of the sci-fi generation. What does it mean to be real? If you have everything you require to live a good life, why does it matter if it's not a physical reality? Living in VR world gets a bad rap from sci-fi stories.
Brain surgery is awfully risky though.. I'll have to wait for the next generation of technology before signing up.