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Those are all walled garden universes, to me. "Meta" I thought meant "above", in a self-referential/pomo way. If the different platforms allowed linking togethe
by ompogUe 3y ago
Those are all walled garden universes, to me. "Meta" I thought meant "above", in a self-referential/pomo way. If the different platforms allowed linking together while retaining a consistent user profile, a directory of those worlds (even in something like VRML) would be "meta". That is what Lamina1 sounds like: basically, a consistent API that all platforms use.
- SLHamlet 3y agoYes, though the Metaverse in "Snow Crash" very much looks and acts like a (mostly) walled garden. With Lamina1 I suspect NS is trying to connect what he envisioned with SC with the crypto/blockchain movement that was inspired by "Cryptonomicon". (Which hasn't proven to be a good fit.)
- ompogUe 3y agoAlso, been reading your blog for years. Great stuff, and thanks for all the content!
- SLHamlet 3y agoThanks much for reading!
- ompogUe 3y agoWow, interesting point. Read Cryptonomicon so long ago, didn't clue in to the connection with crypto/blockchain. I think my take on it was more just that he called the virtualverse "metaverse", where 10 years before the idea behind it was in "True Names" by Vinge, as the "Other Plane", and Gibson's "Neuromancer" with "matrix"