"...the wired world is a response to certain cultural changes over the last two or three generations--the breakup of the family, the breakdown of the community, the degradation of the physical environment...As we observe this assault on the physical world, we feel ourselves losing control. I think alternative worlds become more appealing to us...And I think it's a culture-wide cop-out...The answer is not in a-physical space. The answer is not virtual reality. Yet that is precisely the direction we're headed" source