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Virtual reality is a dystopian world. Digital natives where born in cages where everything you say is recorded, every free space is an advertisement, and what you see is an illusion. You scream into the night not knowing if anyone is listening. You may think that you are in a big city, communications where never so good nor so cheap. But digital gods decide how far the message goes. No one knows how they take their decisions, nobody asks, nobody expects them to answer. Virtual streets and bazaars are proprietary. Billions have an open window into the virtual world in their pockets, but there are just two shops where to buy from. Digital products are scarce by design. But even when you buy them you can not own them, you are just allowed to rent until the deal changes. Common sense doesn't apply.

Virtual worlds have very real problems.



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