[hightechlowlife]

It's a very novel way to look at it, but I think you're right. Constructed reality by its very design replaces the use of actual reality. We've seen this trend with the internet and I can only imagine it will continue.

People are driving less, interacting less, working from home more, and using screens more. I'm fairly confident this isn't going to change when you make staying at home even more convenient and pleasurable. It should naturally accelerate.

Take a look at this graph:

http://blog.sgws.org/files/2012/04/MediaUseGraph.jpg

In fact, if you want to enter the rabbit hole of tech pessimism, read this report from 2010:

http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whywaldor...

It isn't pretty.