"Certainly, one can understand why many people would prefer existence in a Virtual World (VW) to existence in the "real world." Unlike Earth, in VWs there is real equality of opportunity, as everybody is born penniless and with the same minimal effectiveness. In a VW, people choose their own abilities, gender, and skin tone instead of having them imposed by accidents of birth. Those who cannot run on Earth can run in a VW. On Earth, reputation sticks to a person; in VWs, an avatar with a bad reputation can be replaced by one who is clean."
Quote from Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier by Edward Castronova
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