The Metaverse, with Ashish Kumar Singh

Utopias, Dystopias and Today's Technology

Greetings, fellow inquirers. Host Johannes and Ashish Kumar Singh invite you to embark upon an excursion into the digital realm of the Metaverse. With them, you shall explore its paradoxical aspects, both, in terms of skepticism and in terms of serious innovation. We shall engage in discussion, delving into the nature of this "digital dollhouse" and assessing its applications for human flourishing, particularly in the field of healthcare. Furthermore, Ashish shall present you with a visionary concept: an immersive museum of Prehistory, offering an emersion into the bygone era of the Ice Age. This podcast episode promises to stimulate your mind and invigorate your spirit with rigorous discussion and profound insights. We implore you, do not hesitate to join us on this journey into the Metaverse.

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1. theme song (written, performed and mixed by Neal Rosenfeld, sang by Jennifer Youngs) (00:00:00)

2. welcoming message (00:00:35)

3. introducing Ashish Kumar Singh (00:00:42)

4. some remarks (00:01:42)

5. introduction to the metaverse (00:02:38)

6. Digital Twins (00:04:36)

7. a trillion dollar opportunity for the world (00:05:10)

8. it's not just for gaming (00:05:36)

9. the metaverse as the next evolution of the the social network experience (00:06:03)

10. the mataverse, genZ technology and concerns about seperating us further from nature (00:08:04)

11. can the metaverse impoverish our experience of the world? (00:09:36)

12. the responsibility rests in the hands of technologists (00:10:00)

13. the metaverse is not a replacement of our world, it should serve specific functions (00:10:33)

14. an immersive pre-history museum (00:11:17)

15. enterprice metaverse (00:12:20)

16. the need for three dimensionality; why not just websites? (00:13:36)

17. why not just chatbots on websites: the need for decentralization (00:14:43)

18. the metaverse is just a frontend (00:15:35)

19. when the metaverse is the answer to your problems (00:15:50)

20. centralized, decentralized ...what does it mean? (00:16:23)

21. the metaverse is just a frontend (00:17:35)

22. the choice of backend is what separates the centralized from the decentralized (00:17:39)

23. Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) (00:18:08)

24. why would anyone want to own land in a metaverse? (00:18:35)

25. if the organization has head-quarters, it's not decentralized (00:19:58)

26. common confusion: Unity is just a tool (00:21:14)

27. Spacial; an easy to use and engaging centralized metaverse (00:22:20)

28. community building (00:22:42)

29. network effects (00:23:09)

30. the economics of land: a finite resource (00:23:57)

31. revolutionary aplications of the metaverse in medicine (00:26:18)

32. when the internet isn't working (00:28:32)

33. what could go wrong? (00:29:36)

34. the governance layer helps safeguard against and react to unforseen ethical shortcomings (00:34:50)

35. a global system can clash with local ethics (00:36:42)

36. should we always innovate for innovation sake or is innovation a conscious choice? (00:41:14)

37. the commercial misuse of cultural relativity (00:42:12)

38. highlight from Ashish: learn about the metaverse! (00:44:17)

39. implications of the metaverse on the future of work (00:45:23)

40. keep a balance between being present in the world and doing things in the metaverse (00:47:19)

41. expressing appreciation for the conversation (00:47:39)

42. what's next on the show? (00:47:54)