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Neal Stephenson Says Video Games Are the Metaverse
An anonymous reader writes "In an interview with Forbes Magazine, Neal Stephenson says the 'Metaverse' he created in his seminal novel Snow Crash missed the point — and that video games like World of Warcraft are the true future of cyberspace."
Forbes writer David Ewalt seems taken with Stephenson's new book, REAMDE, which I'm looking forward to getting my hands on.
Uh, looks like you forgot to sign in as Dr. Bob there, grub. Secret's out.
How does it feel to be a liar with pants constantly on fire?
video games like World of Warcraft are the true future of cyberspace
The artsy craftsy types have been tying to ram that idea down our throats for generations, always with a promise that with just slightly better technology we'll all virtually drive to and then virtually walk around in a 3-d rendered virtual bookstore to find our books using our eyes as our "grep" command and then wait in line in a virtual 3-d line for a virtual 3-d emo slacker teen cashier to ring us up on a virtual 3-d cash register, which we'll pay using digital cash rendered as virtual 3-d gold coins by manually moving those simulated virtual coins out of our virtual 3-d rendered pockets and handing them to the emo slacker teen cashier kid who virtually places the virtual coins in the virtual cash register, one at a time.
Um, no, tried all that, the future way to buy books is amazon.com. Nobody wants that artsy craftsy B.S. Nobody. Makes for a nice story, thats about it.
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
There's also Charlie Stross' "Halting State", but he chose to write it in "second person" style which is highly offputting.
PHEM - party like it's 1997-2003!
If only you had seen me for proper adjustments, you wouldn't have made such a silly mistake.
Remember folks, to avoid ending up like "grub":
- Eat well, preferably an organic & vegan diet.
- Get plenty of exercise.
- Get plenty of sleep
- Visit your local Chiropractor for regular adjustments. This will help maintain your nervous system and ensure you are using the correct browser at all times.
Take care,
Bob (RIP)
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