Why Silicon Valley likes virtual reality

Much like corporations used mindfulness meditation to placate workers into accepting their slave labor, now they're switching gears and getting people hooked on VR programs for the same reason. Don't face and change your indentured slavery in a 'free market' and fight for a fair one. Just escape it.

"Silicon Valley sees the creation of virtual worlds as the ultimate free-market solution to a political problem. In a world of increasing wealth inequality, environmental disaster, and political instability, why not sell everyone a device that whisks them away to a virtual world free of pain and suffering?"

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