I read that article by Kat Medium as well and came to similar conclusions that inspired a nine storied series about reincarnation. The purpose of the Matrix is not an escape from it but to utilize it's resources to make light. Making light is part of the function of enlightenment and Being in the present moment.

Buddha says we are already enlightened and through peeling away the illusions we realize enlightenment: https://medium.com/illumination/we-are-each-other-9-b610339aa8f8