The only thing that could have possibly been more entertaining would be for them to escape into the real real world and find out that the blackened skies and body farms was still part of the matrix and that the real world was actually quite nice and pleasant.
Heck, you could even make a whole TV series this way, each episode having the main character popping out into a "real"-er world!
Unfortunately, such a beast does not exist, and insofar as the "choose the lesser of the evils" mantra goes, your country seems to be doing a solid job.
Yes it does! The Electronic Frontier Foundation!
We should give the EFF control of the internet!!
Ugh, how could you list Religion as #1? That addiction has destroyed the lives of uncountably many more people than MMORPGs.
Religion provides real-life community which the person can use to find mates for procreation. MMORPGs do not.
By the way, I'm an atheist.
You young guys take note: When you hate someone for having what you do not, you bring curses upon your own head. The classical Greek dramatists pointed this out and it's no less true today.
Unless they're the ones who are responsible for taking it away from you
An Ada exception is when a routine gets in trouble and says 'Beam me up, Scotty'.
