“No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful.”

Ladyhawke

You’re going to turn it into a fascist corporate theme park where the few people who can still afford the price of admission no longer have an ounce of freedom.

Before long, billions of people around the world were working and playing in the OASIS every day. Some of them met, fell in love, and got married without ever setting foot on the same continent. The lines of distinction between a person’s real identity and that of their avatar began to blur.

“No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful.”

I could feel it, deep in the soft, chewy caramel center of my being.

I was afraid, for all of my life. Right up until I knew it was ending. That was when I realized, as terrifying and painful as reality can be, it’s also the only place where you can find true happiness. Because reality is real.

I’d spent my entire life overdosing on uncut escapism, willingly allowing fantasy to become my reality.

WarGames