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This is not an anomaly, by the way. I've interviewed many multiple Meta staffers (including senior leaders), and can find little evidence that leadership actually read "Snow Crash" and/or even cared about virtual worlds. Even after spending tens of billions claiming they were building the Metaverse. Some background: https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/05/horizon-worlds-meta-horizo...
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This is not an anomaly, by the way. I've interviewed many multiple Meta staffers (including senior leaders), and can find little evidence that leadership actually read "Snow Crash" and/or even cared about virtual worlds. Even after spending tens of billions claiming they were building the Metaverse. Some background: https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2025/05/horizon-worlds-meta-horizo...
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I loved this game! I still have the original rulebook. That my AD&D 2nd ed. books, Star Frontiers and Gamma World boxed sets may be my most prized possessions.
Did you ever try the CRPG Shadowrun Chronicles games?
In the book, the metaverse is a VR version of the internet with an emphasis on accurate sword fights and realistic facial expressions.
On one level this is amusing. But what if both accounts are owned by the same person impersonating Neal Stephenson? My understanding was that he was not on any social media. Did that change at some point?
That domain has been registered since 2000, it's probably real.
It links to a google plus account, it's probably not updated promptly.
On one level this is amusing. But what if both accounts are owned by the same person impersonating Neal Stephenson? My understanding was that he was not on any social media. Did that change at some point?
Assuming https://nealstephenson.com/social-media.html is real, he has social media accounts (linked from that page). That domain has been registered since 2000, it's probably real. It links to a google plus account, it's probably not updated promptly.
He also has (had?) a personal one he used that just got suspended.
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Megacorp turf wars. It's silos all the way down.
There's always nostr.
Normie design and hyper distribution always win.