Long term there is no question that there will be some kind of Matrix internet everyone Sword Art Onlines in, but that will probably be a long way off.
We're in the middle of the long collapse. Eventually we'll either balkanize, become a puppet state of China, or reform as a literal American Empire. (and not a gayass economic empire this time)
I'm not sure they are wrong. Look at a game like Roblox and how the kids interact on there. It's not necessarily far off.
Long term there is no question that there will be some kind of Matrix internet everyone Sword Art Onlines in, but that will probably be a long way off.
I think the infrastructure required for that will collapse with the west.
the west isn't going to collapse, dude, that's doomer hysteria
Its already collapsing culturally and socially.
The question isnt even if at this point, its when.
We're in the middle of the long collapse. Eventually we'll either balkanize, become a puppet state of China, or reform as a literal American Empire. (and not a gayass economic empire this time)