Yes, precisely. We could be at the end of such journey already. I concluded an essay I wrote a while back with this exact thought.
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When able to break free from shackles of chaos as slaves to causality, only then we are able to mold our futures rather than being slaves to it.
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"The Matrix" explained why the machines entertain human brains with this whole simulation. I couldn't find the scene in half an hour of searching for it but the argument is about the stimulus needed for humans to thrive.