Reminds me of the prison system in the Minority Report movie.
I bet this is how Elons Sim would look like
Those morons couldn’t handle a Tamagotchi
And yet their actions affect the globe
Reminds me of the song The Fletcher Memorial Home by Pink Floyd.
Maybe that is what is happening and you are an NPC.
Sure. Send them to personalized matrix heaven.
You don’t even have to trick them into it. Just tell them it’s really cool and they should just try it out and then they put on the vr helmet and they’re gone.
You could even do a simulated vr-exit to alleviate any doubt and shame.
I can’t believe no one has mentioned the Star Trek the Next Generation episode where Moriarty tries to escape the holodeck and they basically put him on a flash drive running a simulation of the galaxy to solve the problem.