The majority of the population are currently hopeful that they are living in a simulation of real life whilst their unknowing physical body is connected up to a giant network designed to power the artificial intelligence that controls everything.
“It would be a comfort, you know?” said Carrie Reeves.
“To know that all this was just a huge, artificial construct.
“I mean, it might even be broken. Now that would be sweet, because that would mean that someone would come along and fix it, and the whole thing would just become a nice, pleasant place where people don’t threaten each other on twitter and Burger King still does their Mushroom Double Swiss.”
In a study, over 60% of people said they would actually be quite relived if they found out the they were living in the Matrix.
“At least I’d be doing something useful with my life,” said Hugo Foster, a middle-manager in a company that does things that confuse him.
“I mean, yes, I’d be lying there, unconscious in a pod full of weird gloop, but at least I’d be making a contribution.
“I’ve spent the last three days working on a spreadsheet full of numbers.
“I don’t know what they mean. No one will read it. It’s pointless.
“God, I hope this is the Matrix.”
The same study also revealed that most people probably wouldn’t try and escape the Matrix provided they had nice smartphones and Netflix kept introducing good quality content.
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