What are the advantages/disadvantages of a surrogate?

• The advantages of a surrogate is having a duplicate of someone or something, therefore the workload and stress can be distributed evenly.
• The disadvantages of having a surrogate is that one can lack intimate or personal experience. It takes away from the real life experience.

Would you want to try a surrogate? Why or why not?

• I would not want to try a surrogate because it would seem as if i am sharing my life with someone else. I feel like a surrogate is beneficial when it comes to separating workload but it can also cause you to become disconnected. I also think there would be some kind of downfall with having a surrogate.

In the film, it says that 98 percent of the population uses surrogates. Why would society be so eager to be someone else--someone beautiful and perfect? What does this say about our society?

• I believe that society is so eager to be someone else--someone beautiful and perfect because the media makes them believe that is how they are supposed to be. With 98 percent of our population using surrogates, it says that our society just wants to be perfect and will do anything in order to get there.

In the film the company VSI's company slogan is: "Life...Only Better." If you experience something via a surrogate--is it real? Is it the experience better?

• In my opinion, if someone experiences life as a surrogate, it is not real. I don't think the experience is better. I think everything in real life is better because you are constantly involved in personal experiences.