How to Think About Virtual Reality?

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i'm sure we'll probably get into questions of consciousness and the connection between the mind and the body. But i want to start with your new book, which is called reality plus. You describe this as a work of techno philosophy. Can you explain wat that what you mean by that? Yor techno philosophy is all about a two way interaction between philosophy and technology. So on the one hand, using philosophy to think about technology. Are we actually going to have artificial people soon? Hm, virtual reality technology s going to be with us soon. Can we live a meaningful life in a virtual world?

We spend more time in digital, virtual spaces than ever. But are those places really real? If they are, does that mean we could be living in virtual reality right now? Or does it even make sense to ask such a question? Philosopher David Chalmers joins Adam to talk about consciousness, the nature of reality, and the limits of digital technology. Pick up David's latest book, Reality+, at http://factuallypod.com/books. Support Adam at http://patreon.com/adamconover Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.