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August 30, 2021
Jacob Silverman
The “Metaverse” Is Facebook’s Soulless Virtual Vision for the Future of Life and Work
Mark Zuckerberg’s overhyped hybrid virtual/physical world is a distraction from the company’s real problems—and ours.
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Westworld’s Trigger Warnings
The robots of HBO’s new drama wake up to the trauma of humanity.
May 6, 2013
Evan Hughes
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