by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
A book that I really like is the scif novel “The Unincorporated Man.” It’s set in the far future. One of the interesting plot points is the world was radically transformed because of a “VR plague.” It’s treated as something akin to a global holocaust in the book.
What happened was, people got so wrapped up in the virtual world that they stopped eating, drinking, taking care of themselves or anyone else for that matter. Billions died as a result of this. It’s a huge deal in the book’s fictional future.
It’s a very interesting plot point, given that Facebook, er Meta, wants us to live our entire lives in the metaverse. The idea that we may be careening towards a dark future by embracing the metaverse, as is suggested in The Unincorporated Man, is something to think about going forward.
