This one might take some explaining.
I assume we all know what a Holodeck is...
Have you heard of the SQUID devices/tapes from the movie Strange Days?
A device that plugs into your mind, like a less-gross matrix. You get tapes or recordings from other people's personal experiences and you feel, see, experience everything exactly as they did. Usually used for extreme or illegal things.
So which would you rather have unlimited use of? A Holodeck? Or SQUID recordings?
With the Holodeck you would have access to all the knowledge the computer on a star ship would have up to this point in history (no future knowledge) and can use it for education and vacation. No nourishing food, though.
With the SQUID you can experience drugs, moments before death, robbery, sky diving, even being another gender (...and stuff...)
And would the answer change if you only had use of these things for one year vs a lifetime?
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