Big Think Free Write

When the world becomes smarter than it already is and we have created a virtual world that we can physically live in, the value of experience will decrease by a huge amount.  Being able to practice anything you want without the fear of danger will give more people to opportunity to gain experience in a field.  The best field that I can think of for this type of technology would be the military.  They could train their soliders in this virtual world and get them as ready as possible for real combat once they are deployed.  We do not know if this technology would actually prepare them for the world of fighting so I do not consider this real experience.  I believe that experience should be earned in the real world in order for it to be applied towards real world jobs.  In the video, the man compared the virtual world to the "matrix".  If I am remembering right, the matrix was not a place where anyone wanted to be.