The Times Tech Podcast

Second Life's Philip Rosedale: "Metaverse millionaires"

Apr 22, 2022

48:42

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The Only Way Facebook Can Safely Build a Metaverse Is to Abandon Advertising as a Mechanism

04:26

Is There a Scale Issue With Second Life?

04:18

I've Learned a Lot Through Second Life

02:06

Introduction

5min

What's Happening in Second Life?

3min

Linden Lab, a Subsidiary of Second Life

2min

The Economy of Second Life

2min

The Cost of Things in Second Life Is Lower Than in the Real World

2min

Second Life Millionaires

2min

What's the Biggest Threat to Facebook?

4min

The Only Way Facebook Can Safely Build a Metaverse Is to Abandon Advertising as a Mechanism

4min

Is There a Scale Issue With Second Life?

4min

10.

We Need More Moderation

5min

11.

Hi Fido, Is It Enabled by Twitter?

4min

12.

The Future of the Web, Mark Zuckerberg

5min

13.

Is Mark Sakeberg Really Crazy?

3min

14.

I've Learned a Lot Through Second Life

2min

15.

Is It Common for People to Set Up Their Avatars in Second Life?

3min

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Philip Rosedale, founder of Second Life, to talk about why he has returned as an advisor and investing the virtual world years after having left (4:30), how many people are on Second Life today (10:05), the $650m Second Life economy (12:05), digital goods millionaires (14:20), the dangers of an ad-driven model (16:40), how you govern a metaverse with 1 billion people (24:40), moderating (28:30), the future of the metaverse (36:00), whether Mark Zuckerberg can pull it off (40:40), and the concept of race in virtual worlds (43:30).

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The Times Tech Podcast

Second Life's Philip Rosedale: "Metaverse millionaires"

The Only Way Facebook Can Safely Build a Metaverse Is to Abandon Advertising as a Mechanism

Is There a Scale Issue With Second Life?

I've Learned a Lot Through Second Life

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