In The Matrix we will have all these things for everyone, on demand, without the ecological debt.
That's not a joke. We can't help ourselves to act sooner. Later eventually the answer will be a virtual existence. Like it or not it solves all the major problems we currently face. It's only a matter of time for working out the details.
As what we humans seek most is social reward, this is indeed the smallest path to achieve this goal.
In a way, people participating in massive games, deep involvement in social networks, but also MOOCs and Internet competitions for scholars with a leaderboard such as Kaggle are leading the way.
Maybe that's the bright future Musk sees for Twitter.
That's not a joke. We can't help ourselves to act sooner. Later eventually the answer will be a virtual existence. Like it or not it solves all the major problems we currently face. It's only a matter of time for working out the details.