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> What do we do when reality is a distant second to digital simulation? We don't do anything. People already have phones in their faces and screens as their main source of light all day.

We go outside. Hang out with people. Form meaningful relationships. Biking. Hiking. Have fun. Enjoyment. Fulfillment.

Loneliness and stress are killers. Digital simulation aint no solution.

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So your argument against digital simulation is that currently digital simulation isn't good enough today so it will never be good enough?

May I introduce you to the exponential function?

It's a little something that's been carrying the whole field of digital computers on it's back since the 1970s.

I’m not convinced that a more perfect simulation can meet the needs of a human psyche in the long run. I think we vastly underestimate our own complexity in this regard.

Whatever the case, we’re certainly nowhere close at the moment.

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