Philosophy For Our Times Getting everything, losing everything | Anders Sandberg, Massimo Pigliucci, Mazviita Chirimuuta
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Sep 5, 2023 
A debate on the potential of the metaverse and its impact on human relationships and the natural world. Exploring the evolution of virtual reality, challenges, and uncertain future. Skepticism and collaboration in building the metaverse. Concerns about becoming lost in an ideal world with advanced technology and the struggle to find lasting happiness. Class dynamics and societal implications of a future with machines. Debating the nature of virtual reality and the merger of the virtual and physical worlds.
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Early VR Experience Sparks Vision
- Anders Sandberg recounted his 90s experience working with clunky virtual reality technology.
- This early work inspired hopes and fiction about a transformative digital future.
Reality Defined by Resistance
- Reality involves entities that push back against our agency, unlike virtual worlds.
- Virtual environments lack non-human agency, which fundamentally distinguishes them from physical reality.
Virtual Worlds Have Their Own Reality
- David Chalmers argues virtual realities are real due to their causal powers within closed systems.
- Virtual worlds have rules and interactions but depend on physical systems, raising issues of permanence and agency.