{"id":243,"date":"2021-10-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/?p=243"},"modified":"2021-10-18T19:18:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T23:18:29","slug":"the-metaverse-living-the-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsequences.org\/podcasts\/2021\/10\/the-metaverse-living-the-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"The Metaverse — Living the Dream?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The next iteration of the Internet, is called the \u201cmetaverse\u201d. It is where we anticipate our physical and virtual worlds will converge. But\u00a0options differ on what it will look like or if and how it will be controlled. \u00a0Will\u00a0the Metaverse be\u00a0a darker version of the wild west where cybercrime, conspiracy theories and misinformation thrive? Or will it be a tightly controlled walled garden designed by tech titans\u00a0to hold our attention, harvest our data and monetize every interaction?\u00a0Or<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0will a massive backlash against centralized\u00a0control, \u00a0render\u00a0the reins right back to the users to design\u00a0their own digital identity and create their own space.\u00a0One thing however is certain, the internet\u00a0has and will<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0evolve. The question is how?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our guest for this discussion is journalist and author Gian M. Volpicelli. Gian is a senior editor at WIRED UK and \u00a0based in London. His first book,\u00a0Cryptocurrency: How Digital Money Could Transform Finance<\/em>, was published in July 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest:<\/strong> Gian Volpicelli<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosted by:<\/strong> Alexa Raad and Leslie Daigle.<\/p>\n