The Future of Virtual Worlds

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Virtual worlds may be created by people whoare all powerful and all knowing. But i would hope that in a long run, with virtual worlds, we will be able to go beyond the model of virtual worlds just created by corporations. Maybe there'll be many different virtual worlds of different forms of of governants,. some people, ye. Some worlds will be run by corporations, yes, but some won't. maybe ther'll be worlds whichill be generated like randomly, in an open ended way. So they're not quite o not quite so predictable. I'm primarily, do we not already live in that world? Likeis there a substanti difference between what you were just talking about and

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.