“Dystopias often share a common feature: Amusement, in their skewed worlds, becomes a means of captivity rather than escape. From Megan Garber, "We've Lost the Plot," The Atlantic [online], January 30, 2023.” The Atlantic Author:Megan Garber
“Microsoft, Alibaba, and ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, have all made significant investments in virtual and augmented reality. Their approaches vary, but their goal is the same: to transform entertainment from something we choose, channel by channel or stream by stream or feed by feed, into something we inhabit. In the metaverse, the promise goes, we will finally be able to do what science fiction foretold: live within our illusions. From Megan Garber, 'We've Lost the Plot,' The Atlantic [online], January 30, 2023.” The Atlantic Author:Megan Garber
“Each invitation to be entertained reinforces an impulse: to seek diversion whenever possible, to avoid tedium at all costs, to privilege the dramatized version of events over the actual one. To live in the metaverse is to expect that life should play out as it does on our screens. From 'We've Lost the Plot,' The Atlantic [online], January 30, 2023.” The Atlantic Author:Megan Garber