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September 24, 2026

VR immersion framed as a hypothetical existential risk

A sarcastic vision imagines humanity living in a virtual world owned, controlled and monetized by Mark Zuckerberg.

A separate hypothetical warns that people could turn inward, lock themselves into VR worlds and stop reproducing—an outcome described as an existential risk, not an established prediction.

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