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August 30, 2021
Jacob Silverman
The “Metaverse” Is Facebook’s Soulless Virtual Vision for the Future of Life and Work
Mark Zuckerberg’s overhyped hybrid virtual/physical world is a distraction from the company’s real problems—and ours.
October 28, 2016
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Jeet Heer
Westworld’s Trigger Warnings
The robots of HBO’s new drama wake up to the trauma of humanity.
May 6, 2013
Evan Hughes
Jaron Lanier and the Case for Moonshot Thinking
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