Ready Player One was more of critque of contemporary issues fused with growing technological advances. A country striken with mass wealth inequality and governments controlled by private business. It portrayed a distopic media addicted society, a future that America may be heading towards. As other first world countries are taking strides in reducing oil consumption and investing in renewable energy, we are going backwards...
In this books world, The OASIS is king, the world revolves around the OASIS, the ultimate form for escape. People are addicted to the OASIS and spend ever waking hour hooked up. We already see this technology addicted behavior in modern day society. People are constantly walking with their eyes glued to their phone and ears plugged in with headsets. When people go out and see something interesting, they take a picture, post it on Instagram, and forget about it.
The book tackles key contemporary issues that we should all be paying more attention to! Government (Big Brother, cyber security, and privacy are hot topics both in Wade Watts world and our world as well. Our current president has attempted to make it legal to buy our citizen's internet history and has recently demanded the private information of "alt-government twitter accounts." As our world is becoming more and more digitalized, privacy may become an old age concept. In the end Wade Watt wins, beating the evil IOI headquarters.
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