I guess I'm the only one whose takeaway from the twilight zone was jealousy? Even without video games, some of those "punishments" afforded a standard of living I wish I had.
...Which is why the Matrix was redesigned to this: the peak of your civilization. I say your civilization, because as soon as we started thinking for you it really became our civilization, which is of course what this is all about. Evolution, Morpheus, evolution. Like the dinosaur. Look out that window. You've had your time. The future is *our* world, Morpheus. The future is our time.
