What the internet allows us to do is to see what we have in common. This resulted in a new experience of what it means to be a person. We have multiple lenses and identities ready to be activated at any given moment. They are meaningful. Digital avatars are just as meaningful to us as other identities.

Ideas that will soon be possible in generative media:

Prompt-to-Series Studios: A single sentence (“ Succession , but for crypto founders in Miami”) spins up a full season with characters, arcs, cliffhangers.

Participatory Media: “ Sex and the City, but starring our college friend group” or “ The Avengers, but starring our family” brings you into

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While less glamorous than virtual reality science fiction landscapes, we believe that constructing a definition of the metaverse that is grounded more fundamentally in social structure will allow us to more effectively map its implications and understand the transitional nature of our current moment: The phase of human society where digital... See more