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minus-squareskulblakalinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 day agoThe massive popularity of Ready Player One, which was a mostly bland and bad story besides having a Metaverse in it, might imply otherwise.
minus-square@CouldbealeotardlinkEnglish1•5 hours agoI don’t think people are yearning for a dystopian future.
minus-squaresnooggumslinkEnglish7•1 day agoThe popularity in the fictional setting, based on speculation? The popularity of the book/move, which is a short period of escapism not at all comparable to virtual reality?
minus-squareskulblakalinkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 day agoThe popularity of the book/movie incorporating a classic concept of cyberpunk, yes. We’ve been dreaming of a Metaverse just about since we’ve had internet. Only, nobody’s made one that’s worth a damn in the real world yet.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•19 hours agoDude it’s a book. “Gladiators would be popular because there’s this movie called Gladiator that everyone loves and that has heaps of Gladiators.”
minus-squareskulblakalinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 hours agoGladiator was a movie because historically we’ve had heaps of gladiators and they were popular public entertainment.
The massive popularity of Ready Player One, which was a mostly bland and bad story besides having a Metaverse in it, might imply otherwise.
I don’t think people are yearning for a dystopian future.
The popularity in the fictional setting, based on speculation?
The popularity of the book/move, which is a short period of escapism not at all comparable to virtual reality?
The popularity of the book/movie incorporating a classic concept of cyberpunk, yes.
We’ve been dreaming of a Metaverse just about since we’ve had internet. Only, nobody’s made one that’s worth a damn in the real world yet.
Dude it’s a book.
“Gladiators would be popular because there’s this movie called Gladiator that everyone loves and that has heaps of Gladiators.”
Gladiator was a movie because historically we’ve had heaps of gladiators and they were popular public entertainment.