Dithering CEO Ben Thompson returns to the show to go deep on the concept of the metaverse.
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<li><a href="https://stratechery.com/2021/microsoft-and-the-metaverse/">Ben’s piece at Stratechery on the metaverse and the enterprise</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://stratechery.com/2021/an-interview-with-mark-zuckerberg-about-the-metaverse/">Ben’s interview with Mark Zuckerberg</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2021/10/29/facebook-connect-keynote">Facebook’s 2021 Connect keynote</a>.</li>
<li>Steven Levy’s interview with Niantic Labs founder and CEO John Hanke: “<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/john-hanke-niantic-augmented-reality-real-metaverse/">AR Is Where the Real Metaverse Is Going to Happen</a>”.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BQPV-iCkU">WALL-E’s dystopian vision of compulsive VR/AR addiction</a>.</li>
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This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.

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