WORLDBUILDING: Multiplayer collaging the future
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WORLDBUILDING: Multiplayer collaging the future
- Building something new would be “a worldmaking project, aimed at building and rebuilding actual structures of social connection and movement, rather than the mere critique of ones we already have.” In other words, we can’t just rearrange the furniture inside rooms we don’t like the shape of; we have to build entirely new rooms in better shapes.
from The elite capture of Substack by Cydney Hayes
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*“Despite current ads and slogans, the world doesn’t change one person at a time. It changes as networks of relationships form among people who discover they share a common cause and vision of what’s possible.
This is good news for those of us intent on changing the world and creating a positive future. Rather than worry about critical mass, our wor
... See morefrom Multiplayer Futures by radardao.xyz
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- In a world where multiplayer mode is the norm, we transcend the traditional boundaries of collaboration, extending the concept far beyond gaming or professional teamwork to reshape the very fabric of society. Maybe then, they’ll start building statues of groups of people (and include our more-than-human co-conspirators, too)
from Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
Keely Adler added
- Many of our most interesting and impactful projects will be multiplayer. We'll work together to create art, make games, tell compelling stories, and build new technology. Many of these initiatives will be fundamentally "headless," or lacking a singular leader. Instead, emergent groups will arise to tackle different problems and earn more responsibi... See more
from 18 Trends That Will Shape Our Careers in 2022 by Nick deWilde
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Worldbuilding, for me, was a form of expansive hope—a necessary imagination for being alive.
from A Necessary Imagination by Morgan Harper Nichols
Keely Adler added
- Worldbuilding, for me, was a form of expansive hope—a necessary imagination for being alive.
from A Necessary Imagination by Morgan Harper Nichols
Tara McMullin added
- if you give a user community powerful enough creator tools, what they create in these worlds will be far more interesting than anything a major company can officially create.
from Lessons From 19 Years in the Metaverse by The Atlantic
Keely Adler added
- More people, increasingly dissatisfied by these corporate offerings, are compelled into creating their own virtual worlds. The future of the internet, as some have theorized, might consist of micro-communities, enclosed worlds with fewer but more engaged members. Through video games like Minecraft and collaborative worldbuilding projects, which are... See more
from Dirt: Worldbuilding, Pt. 1 by Dirt
Keely Adler added