logoalt Hacker News

Towaway69yesterday at 10:54 PM1 replyview on HN

Initially read this as hyper escapism but then realised it wasn’t about AI, just 3D.

Strange how all the major technologies atm are concerned - at least partly - with escaping reality.


Replies

nowittyusernameyesterday at 10:59 PM

Humans are increasingly living in more and more chaotic environments where they perceive lack of agency (more and more accurately so) and so we crave stability where we have more control. All successful escapes from reality provide that stability.