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Neal Stephenson on The Future of the Metaverse

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Are We in the Metaverse?

I like that you use this idea of a magnet in order to get aligned there. And I think what's been fascinating about many of your books is that they've stood the test of time. In general, when people talk about the metaverse, they're talking about the next thing that's coming along. That suggests that maybe it's a pretty, largely a pre-metiverse thing. But there are some exceptions that we can talk about in certain kinds of games and other experiences that I think are kind of on ramps.

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