“At first, when the machines take over the economy, Bill is stoked. He wakes up late every morning, smokes some 22nd century weed and then watches TV. Eventually, he gets bored. His degree in accounting has become worthless, because there is nothing he could do that couldn’t be done better by a machine. Bill plugs his brain into a virtual world, becomes obsessed with killing dragons and winning digital gold, and dies shriveled and alone as a level 900 paladin.”
What If the Robot Utopia Leads to an Existential Crisis for Humans?
https://motherboard.vice.com/read/what-if-the-robot-utopia-leads-to-an-existential-crisis-for-humans
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