ARTICLE: "My Virtual Summer Job: With summer jobs in short supply, more young people are pursuing money-making opportunities in Web fantasy worlds," by Alexandra Alter, Wall Street Journal, 16 May 2008, p. W1.

ARTICLE: "Second Life has a special guest: AI," by Michael Hill, USA Today, 19 May 2008, p. 6B.

The two pieces interest me simply as milestones in the migration of human activity into virtual worlds.

I fully expect to witness the opportunity, in my old age, to migrate myself into such virtual environments as an alternative to advanced infirmity. You see elders in nursing homes using Wii. This is just the beginning.

The Matrix is coming, and it will be a voluntary migration, led primarily by elders.