No, the activity I was engaged in has survived many versions of media: stories, live music, recordings, radio, and TV.

In fact, each of those media conveyances has made concessions to that activity, rather than the other way around.

So I’m naturally skeptical that a media form which ignores it is going to somehow replace the ones that don’t, given the history of that activity.

I’m asking why other people seem to think otherwise.

>No, the activity I was engaged in has survived many versions of media: stories, live music, recordings, radio, and TV.

Lots of other activities people used to do haven't survived, for example gathering in houses where they played music themselves (eg. on the piano). Heck, visits to friends have almost been killed by social media today...

I think no one is really assuming VR will replace your particular activity. TV didn't replace going for a walk either. There's more than one thing a person can do a day, and more than one mode of interacting with the world.

Being that this is Hacker News. I'm thinking it's the massive pro-tech bias in the site's population.

Combined with the fact that Mr. Andreessen is a bit of a taste maker of a venture capitalist... well there you are.