technology • 4 years ago

WIRED: Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change

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technology • 4 years ago

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Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change

www.wired.com

Tech oligarchs are encouraging the creation of virtual worlds as a cheap way to avoid problems in the real one.

archived version if you're paywalled out: https://archive.is/EuDom

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4 years ago
You would mine BTC or DOGE for the leeches.

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