I agree. Technology will soon (within 1000 years) take us to a place where whatever we can imagine we can have in a simulation that is indistinguishable from the real world. Why bother with the real world anymore?

There maybe some cultures that still see value in the physical world, but I'd wager not many.

I also think it's likely that panspermia is a thing. Life is evolving at the galaxy level, it's therefore a little more reasonable to think that we represent one of the more evolutionarily advanced life forms at the current time.