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DarthBuzzard t1_j54icl0 wrote

Reply to comment by XO-3b in Instead of escaping to virtual realities, what if we just made our reality as good as any virtual reality could be? by [deleted]

I'd wager most people on this planet (of any age) want to live in a fantasy world.

It's pretty simple really. People want life to be as enjoyable and interesting as possible, and a fantasy would is simply always going to offer infinitely more opportunities for enjoyment and curiosity.

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RavenWolf1 t1_j55njgv wrote

There is proof on this. How popular are isekai aka ending up in fantasy world stories in general. They are insane popular genre. And actually basic vanilla fantasy is escapism too and about any other fictional work. We always want to be something else than we currently can be.

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XO-3b t1_j56y4nt wrote

Not permanently, escapism is only fun because it's temporary. Believe it or not a lot of people actually enjoy life.

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DarthBuzzard t1_j56yj6e wrote

Yes, but as others have mentioned in this thread, a perfectly realistic virtual world has everything the real world has to offer - except actual death and the fear of death in certain extreme activities - and even that could still be rigged up to induce death if you wanted.

You can have plenty of struggle and challenge that you need to overcome in fully immersive virtual worlds, but you also get to reduce that if you want, and get to reap the rewards far more often, and the selection of rewards is far more varied.

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