Stephanie, aka Listen to Aldous

I hope I'm wrong.

The religion of Inevitable Progress will beat its mindless rhythm. The possessors of minds will continue to wish, perversely, for the wrong things. They will not care about understanding why human beings are on earth. They will use micro-this and micro-that to make their lives a long, unreal dream of pleasure. They will be able to feel what it’s like to have another body. The ultimate goal: to be someone else. The power of the human intellect and soul reduced to paying a thousand dollars in order to simulate what it’s like to be a sex god(dess). Almost no one will question the equation: progress = material advancement. They will have a form of godliness but deny its power. Who needs God when technology is God, and we created it? Every so often, they will feel a pang of...what? Suspicion. Are they missing something? But then, there are so many pleasures they haven’t yet had. Perhaps the really satisfying simulation is still waiting. Best to keep experimenting.