thoughts on hegel and the simulation

 The "simulation theory" was always bizarre to me-- the idea that our reality may be a computer simulation created from the hands of a more advanced civilization. It's a philosophy that's been redone over and over in science fiction literature for decades but it is hard to refute when reading Hegel's take on cultural evolution. 

The cultural consciousness is always desiring and it will always hunger for form. The Hegelian understanding of culture is rooted in the process of alienation and confrontation from what is different from oneself, what is different from you, and what is different from me. The modern imperative of being cultured should no longer be understood as the free development of personality but as our being in a constant dialogue with the finest values of ourselves and questioning the beyond. There really is no realm in heaven or a transcendental standpoint, but only the actual living world of cultural expression and socio-political association.

Why is it so hard to accept the splendor of our existence without giving reason to fantastical apparitions? 

Personally, I would like to accept the heavy penalties of existing, simply for the sake of existing.