Show me paradise where information pumps like an ever flowing river through the brain. Show me Eden where we are always connected, where sad thoughts are drowned out by the chatter of the information superhighway. Show me happiness where chips smaller than a grain of sand control our emotions, where reality and the virtual meet, but to what end? Show me pleasure unbounded, love without strings where virtual partners fulfil our wildest dreams. Show me a world of smiling, happy people where the god of pleasure reigns and I will show you a kind of hell.
The technology already exists and many Japanese men already have virtual girlfriends on their phones or devices – I hope it never spreads worldwide.
Yes and virtual girlfriends will become ever more realistic as the technology advances. There are several interesting books by Ray Kurzweil including The Age of Spiritual Machines which are well worth reading. Thanks for your comment