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Rachel Botsman: We’ve stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers – TED Talk
We’ve stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers 2,312,884 plays, Rachel Botsman, TEDSummit, June 2016 Something profound is changing our concept of trust, says Rachel Botsman. While we used to place our trust in institutions like governments and banks, today we increasingly rely on others, often strangers, on platforms like Airbnb and Uber and through…
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Neal Stephenson critical on metaverse – The Cryptonomist
By Alessia Pannone – 28 Feb 2023 Neal Stephenson, apparently the first to coin the term “metaverse,” has expressed his opinion about the future adoption of virtual worlds. The science fiction writer and co-founder of Lamina1, a blockchain metaverse company, believes that building experiences that millions of people consider worthy in virtual worlds is quite…