Lost to Digital Delusion

There will be no distinction, post-Singularity, between human and machine or between physical and virtual reality.... [O]ur experiences will increasingly take place in virtual environments.

Companies like The Sandbox are selling virtual real estate as NFTs. All across Asia, virtual influencers-computer-generated popstars whom fans adore like real people-are preparing to take the metaverse stage.

Just as LSD molecules will slide right into your serotonin receptors, easy as you please, the new head-mounted displays trick the brain into experiencing a virtual world as if it were real.

"[T]he emotional, cognitive, and psychological reactions we have in virtual worlds promise to change us in some fundamental ways.

To the extent augmented and virtual reality become a primary mode of experience-and that's definitely the plan-the metaverse will leave young people atrophied and unprepared to confront the real world head-on.

Of all the weird quirks Ray Kurzweil exhibits-and we're talking about a long list-his fetish for becoming a woman in virtual reality is at the top.

True transhumanism does seek to enable each of us to alter and improve the human body and champions morphological freedom be able to inhabit different bodies, including virtual bodies.... Avatars point out to us that enhancement is not merely a matter of increasing the effectiveness of a person in taking action, but also can mean an altered form of consciousness that expands opportunities for experiences, and escape from the conventional system of moral restraints.

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