Second Life

“Second Life's architecture was contiguous earth kind of thing, which had some issues around scaling, because in a contiguous earth type situation, which is just the way the real world makes, there's only one copy of that roller coaster, and when 30 people want…”

“If you look at the success arcs of these systems, over time they resemble U S economy more and more sort of like they typically start out with a fixed money supply and like, we'll, we'll figure out how to inject more money later. And then suddenly more people …”

“What Zuckerberg is trying to do right now with his virtual world is still behind what Corey Andreka and Philip were able to do with the technology in 2003 and four.”

“Basically Second Life to this day is probably the best Execution of a metaverse.”

“Second Life, the text-based worlds of the sixties and seventies, Roblox, Fortnite, they are not designed on subjugation. But self-expression, collaboration, creation.”

“There was a period of like six months where absolutely every big company was spending millions of dollars each building a Second Life island, like everyone. And it's just like the cost, even if you think, you know, what does it cost to build a second, you know…”

“In fact, we did have spent, you know, hundreds of thousands of dollars making some second life thing. And, The users were people who worked at NBC, people who worked at ABC's competitors, people who worked for journalists, consultants. Like, no actual consumer…”

“E-sports and sort of this tournament play and, you know, the competitive aspect, that's one version of this. Being able to create a streamable thing, which then, you know, has a community around you know, your whole product, that's another version of this. And…”

“I think the other kinds of technologies to really look at are those that people have ridden off. Right? Like, you know, VR after second life. And so, that's the kind of thing to look for, the stuff that people think of as, you know, dead, or didn't work, or wh…”