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I just made a post in the Science and Technology thread discussing the Fermi Paradox (which goes something like: plenty of intelligent life seems likely to be out there due to the sheer vastness of space, so why haven't we made contact?). In it, I alluded to one of the 'solutions' to the paradox I once read about.
The "solution" is that perhaps intelligent life eventually decides to forgo any further advancement and instead opts to use their technology to stimulate themselves to the utmost. In other words, create a "matrix" of pure pleasure, better than any drug, giving unending feelings of bliss, fulfillment, accomplishment, pride, joy, etc all at the push of a button. One could certainly see the plot of the movie "The Matrix" played out differently - the humans are indeed connected in, not in a simulation of modern life, but in a state of virtual nirvana, all tended to by their robotic servants.
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