Choosing virtual reality | David Chalmers
Philosophy For Our Times
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The Metaverse Is Genuine Reality
I don't know where it's going to fall on this scale, but clearly it has both potential utopian and distopian elements. If these virtual worlds are real worlds, than it's as if our real world is wholly controlled by a corporation. Think about the privacy issues, the manipulation issues that come along when the corporations ar gods of these worlds. My guess is ghat the metaverse will be like the intonete. Itwill bring wonderful things in l things. We can hope the net value will be positive. So as to sum up over all, repeat my slogan, vertral reality is genuine reality. I think the rest is up to us.
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