Meaningless Fun? Friendship, Experience, and the Metaverse
Update: 2021-11-05
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"Sometimes you have to stand up and say: is this leading us where we want to go?"
Facebook's recent attempt at cosmetics popularized a concept that had been bouncing around Silicon Valley for a while. But what does it actually mean for us as people to live parts of our lives in the Metaverse? How does it differ in that regard from the virtual world of social media that already exists? And, most crucially, would such lives be genuinely meaningful?
Our guest this week is the insightful and entertaining Dr Vittorio Buffachi, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at University College Cork. Stay tuned for our debates and musings on this hot topic.
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