in the future the drugs will become much more than they are today

forget about virtual reality in the sense you think of it today
- it will be chemically driven
highly sophisticated, ad hoc designed drugs will change the world

in fact, they will be creating worlds - in the minds of their users
not just for several hours, the drug substance in the blood will be maintained on the constant level for years

actually it will be just a choice of a user, what kind of world he wants to live in

I believe the biochemistry and mankind's knowledge of a human body and brain will achieve an inconceivable level, that will allow creating harmless substances capable of a cyclic self-resynthesis in the body.
these drugs will not bring any weariness or inhibition of the receptors (at least they should not) I think the time of sleep will be used to rebuild them and restore the tone

even today the drug users are choosing their drugs based on the hallucinogenic effects they are providing

in the future they will be able to choose or order to design for them a custom-made VR-drug, which will stimulate their brain to work in a desired mode, inducing a unique reality-perception

this is John. he likes nature, green plants. that's why he lives in a rain-forest world
the green sprouts twine the walls in the city, flowers bloom on his desk, he makes his way through the lianas, which are in fact the electricity cords
his wife sees the world in the same way

his colleague Truth leaves in the world of elves, flying flames, magic lights, world where the sun is green and the thunderstorms are incredibly beautiful with the lightnings of all the colors of the rainbow and the clouds streaming under the sharp angles to the ground

some of their colleagues might live in the medieval ages, or in some Asian style environment, they might choose the dark gothic world or a paradise

the catch is they all work in the same company. the drugs alter your reality perception but not your ability to think and work
you still can sit and work in front of the computer whether the room looks as a castle hall or as a forest clearing

the people will have to learn to respect one more difference - the difference of the personal VR-drugs worlds
in fact by that time mankind will have only one race, pretty similar culture
but somebody from a space-world will have to learn how to co-operate with someone living in a rainforest world

perhaps, these drugs will be called to hide the reality which might become too ugly. something like a desert.
in any case they will help to care less about things meaning possessions, they will make your life beautiful they way you want it

if person becomes tired of a chosen world - he can change it
the drugs is washed out of the body and a new one's injected, just need to choose

just a dream, just a beginning
still a lot to develop

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