This is very true. They have no concept of riding a bicycle without massive padding, or heading down to a local creek to mess around in surface water. Their lives as kids were regulated, filled, and overwatched, and their only sense of freedom was online in an Eternal September environment. This sort of looks like what might happen if a cadre of young people were socialized almost to death, but in an artificial setting where true connection is much harder.
Re: It's Matrix Reality Time Again
This is very true. They have no concept of riding a bicycle without massive padding, or heading down to a local creek to mess around in surface water. Their lives as kids were regulated, filled, and overwatched, and their only sense of freedom was online in an Eternal September environment. This sort of looks like what might happen if a cadre of young people were socialized almost to death, but in an artificial setting where true connection is much harder.