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> for whatever Zuck is trying here… Zuck read too much cyberpunk as a kid. The Metaverse is lifted straight out of Snow Crash, they didn't even change the name
by marcus_holmes 4y ago
> for whatever Zuck is trying here…
Zuck read too much cyberpunk as a kid. The Metaverse is lifted straight out of Snow Crash, they didn't even change the name [0]
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash
- xen2xen1 4y agoHe's far from alone. Companies have famously dropped Snow Crash on a table and said "make this.". He's just the one with the most money and people.
- Tepix 4y agoNeal Stephenson sure makes a compelling case, even if the world he describes is in many aspects a dystopia.
- cush 4y agoMost of these designs are an inevitability. Every Sci fi universe has some kind of Metaverse experience - all pointing generally in the same direction as they try to answer, "what would people do in a world with no limits?"
- jonny_eh 4y agoThey never consider the cost though. They just use it as a mechanism to tell story. Don't underestimate the story telling value of characters in a virtual space. Consider how much better The Matrix is while they're actually in it.