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Snap, which sagely calls itself a camera company, held its annual developer conference this week.

One announcement stood out above the others. And it inspired this note: a reflection on technology, meaning, and the human story.

If you’d prefer to read this week’s instalment, go here for the text version of The Worlds to Come.

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3. To jump into a Yahoo chat room and watch the messages fly once felt something akin to magic. Now, I feel that way when I enter a room in AltspaceVR using the Oculus Quest.

Time to Build

Thanks for listening this week.

We’re at the outset of a world building explosion. I can’t wait to see what happens next.

New World Same Humans will be watching every step of the way. And there’s even a special world building project building of our own up the NWSH sleeve: more on that soon.

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I’ll be back on Wednesday with New Week Same Humans. Until then, be well,

David.

David Mattin is the founder of the Strategy and Futures Research Unit. He sits on the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Consumption.

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