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David Chalmers Thinks We May Be Living in a Simulation (and He’s OK With It)

The Next Big Idea

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I'm very intrigued by this assertion that maybe living in virtual worlds will be an even better experience than reality as we experience it now. Now, there are obviously going to be a lot of people listening who think that's preposterous and who find it haunting. And I have some good friends who are, you know, digital entrepreneurs who have a, who wear defend IRL in real life t-shirts. They're likely to see an equal and opposite force, maybe not equal, but an opposite force pushing back against this kind of movement into virtual experiences. What I'd prefer to say is maybe they're going to be upsides and downsides for both. At the same time,

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