84 - Defining the Metaverse

<p>This is a classic Ryan-and-David only episode. With no guest, we dive into David's recent article "The Metaverse Emerges." What is the Metaverse? Raoul Pal described it as digital fluidity on our recent episode with him.</p> <p>Composable digital objects, a network economy, scaling social structures... whatever it is, Nation States aren't ready for the incoming metaversal explosion. Are you?</p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 TracerDAO | Perpetual Pools are now Live on Aribtrum!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Tracer">https://bankless.cc/Tracer</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 7:00 Cryptoeconomic Nation State<br /> 10:45 Seeing Like The State<br /> 18:50 Humanity’s Faustian Bargain<br /> 23:30 Seeing Like The Protocol<br /> 28:45 The Metaverse<br /> 32:00 Metaversal Objects<br /> 35:40 Centralization<br /> 39:21 Neutrality & Density<br /> 46:10 Slowly Manifesting<br /> 54:00 Avatars & Identity<br /> 59:41 Fluid Value<br /> 1:06:25 Ethereum’s Role<br /> 1:10:33 Blockchain Taxes<br /> 1:15:45 ETH as Metaverse Money<br /> 1:22:35 It’s All Metaverse<br /> 1:27:43 Closing & Disclaimers</p> <p>-----<br /> Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or