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Science fiction pioneer Neal Stephenson on the metaverse, the movies and why he still believes in blockchain

Channels with Peter Kafka

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Blockchain and the Game Industry

The people I talk to who are in games, and we spent a lot of time talking to this over the last year, would say that idea that this, that blockchains will enable people to take their sword from Fortnite and go play in Valheim is kind of an abomination. And more importantly, the people who make those games have no incentive to make that cross functionality. But it has value. It has an intention. You earned it somehow or you like it. And so you're not as keen to just dump it on the market the moment the market starts to go down. So I think that the way to get to a less volatile condition in those markets is to have

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