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Interview with Edward Castronova: The economical, legal, and societal implications of Virtual Worlds
Edward Castronova invented the field of virtual economics in 2001 with his highly influential paper “Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier.” His early books “Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games” (2005) and “Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun Is Changing Reality” (2007) continue […]
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Field notes weekly #8
This is a weekly update on my progress to document the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse. For more on the contents and structure of the book, please see “Structuring my field notes“.Current book word count: 76,962 Writing I have published a first work-in-progress look into the book. The sample chapters are lifted from […]
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Sample Chapter: Neuromancer & Snow Crash
This is a work-in-progress look into the upcoming book “Field Notes from the Metaverse”. Note that the content is still changing. If you have relevant feedback, or additional insights or context to share, please use the comment section below or contact me directly to add your voice to the book. Thank you! These chapters are […]
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Field notes weekly #7
This is a weekly update on my progress to document the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse. For more on the contents and structure of the book, please see “Structuring my field notes“.Current book word count: 73,582 Writing A while ago I posted the sections and chapters of the book here: “Structuring my Field […]
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Interview with Julian Dibbell: The Laws & Governance of Virtual Spaces
Julian Dibbell is an attorney in the Technology & IP Transactions practice of Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago. Before joining Mayer Brown in 2014, Dibbell worked as a journalist and author, writing about digital communities, how they function, and the limits of free speech online. Publishers included Wired, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and […]
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Field notes weekly #6
This is a weekly update on my progress to document the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse. For more on the contents and structure of the book, please see “Structuring my field notes“.Current book word count: 71,820 I’m back from vacation! Reading & Watching I haven’t been doing much, except reading. Not everything was […]
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Field notes weekly #5
This is a weekly update on my progress to document the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse. For more on the contents and structure of the book, please see “Structuring my field notes“.Current book word count: 70,109 Talking The interview with Julian Dibbell is in the review stage. We talked about the intersection between […]
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Field notes weekly #4
This is a weekly update on my progress to document the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse. For more on the contents and structure of the book, please see “Structuring my field notes“.Current book word count: 69,698 Talking I was on vacation last week, so not much writing happened. However, I was able to […]
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Field notes weekly #3
This is a weekly update on my progress to document the history, perspectives, and narratives of the metaverse. For more on the contents and structure of the book, please see “Structuring my field notes“.Current book word count: 69,279 Writing I haven’t been writing much, instead spending the time re-organizing my personal notes and sources. But […]
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What are these “field notes”, exactly?
In “Structuring my Field Notes“, I wrote: “At the end of each section I will add a chapter that contains the titular fieldnotes. I went through my personal notebooks to gather my thoughts, lessons learned, and insights from the respective time period.” I thought it might be interesting to talk about what personal notes I […]