Neal Stephenson reacts to Facebook name change

Re:Neal Stephenson reacts to Facebook name change by wmf on Friday October 29, 2021 @10:38PM (#29045532)

Vaguely similar ideas existed in True Names and Neuromancer, but no, the metaverse as we imagine it today did not exist before Snow Crash.

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Re:Neal Stephenson reacts to Facebook name change by rel2thr on Friday October 29, 2021 @11:26PM (#29045738)

Also Tron, Tron is basically a metaverse I would say

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Re:Neal Stephenson reacts to Facebook name change by ootsootsoots on Friday October 29, 2021 @11:04PM (#29045650)

I’d consider human spiritual realms the precursor to meta verses we can actually implement.

Tons of visualization through art, and ways and means defined through story.

Of course tend to need to be very literal about these things.

Frankly a computer meta verse isn’t that interesting

I’d rather figure out how to grow neuron structures that let me believe or have skills in anything and just babysit this stupid fleshy husk literally

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