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"Snow Crashing Into The Metaverse" from Imaginary Worlds

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Introduction

Run, Hide, Repeat is the true story of Pauline Deakin's life on the run. Eric Malinsky tries to figure out what happens when one of the funniest pieces of 1990s science fiction inspires a bunch of engineers at Facebook to create the metaverse. Caustery Tales will return soon but this week I couldn't be prouder to hand the microphone to Eric Malinsky.

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