Short-cuts to power.

Any tool that has utility to a person will eventually be used to gain incremental wealth, power, or negotiating leverage. Fast forward: AI will be directed as a force multiplier for sundry causes.

If you interact with the virtual world, take time samples along your journey. You will no doubt discover that after a period of time, your virtual universe will invert itself. Without reference to the outside, real world, you will lose your bearings.

Time to downgrade technology's status to being a series of tools and not a lifestyle. Pull the plug and you will discover life as a shepherd: cold, dark, lonely, quiet, and surrounded by sheep.