Our reality as a simulation?

     You probably saw this in the headlines today, too.  An Oxford philosopher proposes that we are possibly living in a simulation created by our descendants. My first thought is that this is a great story-line for a Sci-Fi book.  My second thought is that if this is so, why create all the inequalities in the world and set us up for wars?  If I were creating a computer simulation for humanity, I would try for a universal utopia, wouldn't you?
      But maybe all the violent video games out there have inured our future children to brutality as entertainment, and they have turned to computer-generated violence with real people of the past as the players.  We could be set up to live in the ultimate reality T.V. show, either for future generation's entertainment or as lab rats for their research.
      The third option is that future generations are doing this as retribution for the actions of their ancestors.  You could relate this to God, heaven, and hell as well.  Humanity does have much to atone for.
      Possibly there will be no mankind in earth's future.  Maybe computers will be controlling all and we people are all simulations along with our surroundings.
      The possibilities are endless, but however you view it, you must agree this is a great plot!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/man-meets-computer/vi-BBkiXke