Why Neal Stephenson is trying to make the open metaverse into a reality

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By Dean TakahashiOct 31, 2022, 11:45 am144 pts
The metaverse has been trending for a couple of years as humanity’s answer to the pandemic and remote work. Neal Stephenson, the author of the science fiction novel Snow Crash and cofounder of blockchain tech firm Lamina1, is the high priest of this metaverse religion, as he coined the term “metaverse.”…

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