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No, the Metaverse is Not Going To Save Us

No, the Metaverse is Not Going To Save Us

Andrew Keen on the Perennial Problem with Tech Utopianism

By Andrew Keen | July 29, 2022

Oh great. NFT eBooks of the Gutenberg Bible sold for $100,000 in a single day.

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How the Metaverse Will Revolutionize Everything and Why That Might Not Be Such a Bad Thing

How the Metaverse Will Revolutionize Everything and Why That Might Not Be Such a Bad Thing

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How Cities, Rather Than Big Tech, Should Be the Engine for a More Equitable Digital Future

How Cities, Rather Than Big Tech, Should Be the Engine for a More Equitable Digital Future

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How Corporate America Created Car Culture—And What We Can Do To Change It

How Corporate America Created Car Culture—And What We Can Do To Change It

Paris Marx on the Liberatory Potential of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Ideas About Technology

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How Final Fantasy VII Taught Me to Write

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Why Wall Street and Silicon Valley Want a Cashless Society and Why That Doesn't Benefit Us

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Apocalypse Now? On Crypto Scams, End Times, and Far Right Nostalgia

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