Metaverse in retrograde
Mark Zuckerberg’s latest iteration of his virtual world has been derided as aesthetically primitive – but is that the point?
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Justin EH Smith
Justin EH Smith is a historian of philosophy and the author, most recently, of The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is.
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