Episode · a16z Podcast · 2022-11-22

Books mentioned on Neal Stephenson on The Future of the Metaverse

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When Neal Stephenson coined “the metaverse” three decades ago, his book Snow Crash was found on the shelves of “science fiction”.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Snow Crash

   Neal Stephenson · at 13:09 · mentioned 3 times

   Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson is a seminal cyberpunk sci-fi novel that popularized the concept of the metaverse and envisioned a hyper-capitalist, futuristic society.

   Discussed

   “It's part of the vibe of those types of games, and this mashup vibe is explicitly described in my book 'Snow Crash' as you know how the metaverse kind of looks.”

   Speaker Neal Stephenson on The Future of the Metaverse 2022-11-22 Listen at 13:09

   Where to get it

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