Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. Contents XI
4. Introduction: The Moral Imperative of Technological Progress 1
5. Chapter 1 The Inevitable Impossible, or “Why Would Anyone Use the Metaverse?” 5
6. Chapter 2 The Anatomy and Ideology of the Metaverse 29
7. Chapter 3 Identity Infinity 63
8. Chapter 4 Community in Web 3.0: Integration or Instagration? 89
9. Chapter 5 Coding Culture: Symbols and Meaning Between the Physical and the Virtual 122
10. Chapter 6 Meta-Power 156
11. Conclusion: Why Society Without People? 180
12. Bibliography 185
13. Index 197