alt Hacker NewsThat’s a common trope? Can’t say I’ve run into it. But I’d like to! What are some good examples?
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triMichael • yesterday at 5:32 AM
Kurzgesagt just made a video on it a couple months back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMm-U2pHrXE
CamperBob2 • yesterday at 4:14 AM
Here you go: https://pastebin.com/raw/SUd5sLRC
And it only cost 0.006 rain forests!
In the book Calculating God, a character notes that this is a common civilization-wide choice. Living in virtual reality, rather than trying to expand into the vast expanses of space, is a common trope as much as it's a logical choice. It neatly explains the Fermi Paradox. In some fiction, like The Matrix, the choice might be forced due to cultural shifts, but the outcome is the same. A relatively sterile low-energy state civilization doing pure processing.