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“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.” — 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.