Ethical Reflection on Ready Player One
The novel Ready Player One is very interesting. The history caught you from the beginning to the end. There are several things that we can analyze from it. But I think that the most important thing is the impact that the videogame has in the society. Every person was very addicted to that game. That situation could be seen in the real life where people are addicted to the cell phone and applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Using this comparison, I think that the advances in computer science and software engineering are always seeking to improve the people’s life. But it is not always like this. In the case of the OASIS, James Halliday created the game to give the people another reality different that the chaotic world that they live. But the people started to spend more time on the game rather than their real life. Instead of work to change their world’s situations they prefer to escape from reality and hunt the prize offered by Halliday. The worst