[TigerLikesRooster]

Many will stay there, grow old, and die off . Only a small fraction of them would procreate. In the end, there would be a vast game fantasy complex with a few players, who could also die off . The fantasy machines will go on with nobody playing.

But I suspect, before we reach that point, outsiders could crash in and start to destroy the system, declaring the entire system evil. In some part of this fantasy complex, people will have to wake up and defend themselves from invasion. If their defense is successful, they can live on, but no longer be happy folks inside the dream fantasy. They may have to face both harsh reality outside and happy machine-generated fantasy inside the complex.

[Caipirabob]

The barbarians will overrun society long before this becomes a norm in mother's basement.

[alexander_busek]

Many will stay there, grow old, and die off . Only a small fraction of them would procreate. In the end, there would be a vast game fantasy complex with a few players, who could also die off . The fantasy machines will go on with nobody playing. But I suspect, before we reach that point, outsiders could crash in and start to destroy the system, declaring the entire system evil. In some part of this fantasy complex, people will have to wake up and defend themselves from invasion. If their defense is successful, they can live on, but no longer be happy folks inside the dream fantasy. They may have to face both harsh reality outside and happy machine-generated fantasy inside the complex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops

First published in 1909!

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