If Virtual Reality became perfected over time, I'm sure that a sizable segment of the population might say: "Screw reality! I think I'll remain in Virtual Reality." As for myself, if I had the choice between a world filled with disappointment and mediocrity, or a world of unlimited fulfillment of all or most of my wants, needs and desires; I think I would choose VR.
VR may end up being about the closest to Utopia or paradise that anyone could ever experience. There may be some drawbacks to being there too long, though. For instance, if someone was born and raised in Virtual Reality, or if they spent too much of their life there; once actual reality faces this person(s) again, they may be unwilling or unable to cope with the constant disappointment and broken dreams which all-too-often are associated with the real world. Also, if two or more people, especially those with opposite outlooks on life, become trapped in the same VR habitat together, then even Virtual Reality might become a nearly unbearable hell on earth. One way or the other, Virtual Reality is what the real world should be but isn't: an Anarchist's Disneyland.
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