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DouglasRushkoff analyses the mindset of the super wealthy prepping for escape from the world they created.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prepper-bunkers-apocalypse-survival-richest-rushkoff

The Metaverse isn’t being built to revolutionize remote working. It’s being built because they need to believe they can build heaven.
— Emily Gorcenski (@EmilyGorcenski) October 27, 2022

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This vision gets bleaker the more you dive into it. Suppose the tech vision is realized. You can upload your consciousness before you die! This would be heavenly, right?? Abundance! Digital goods have no scarcity!
— Emily Gorcenski (@EmilyGorcenski) October 27, 2022

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That means that if this metaverse of digital consciousness could be created, then there would be partial digital consciousnesses from all the people whose data are partially in the system.

In other words, lost digital souls.
— Emily Gorcenski (@EmilyGorcenski) October 27, 2022

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