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Consciousness & Virtual Reality (Episode #116 - Meanderings)
About this episode
In the future will consciousness replace money as a placeholder for value? In this episode of 'Meanderings' Juan and Kyrin discuss: the possibility of virtual reality allowing consciousness to become a commodity, why the attention economy is becoming the most valuable economy, why consciousness isn't already the most valuable item to humanity, how the Mere Mortals will disagree in an argument, deciding whether to resolve or simply avoid a conflict, a couple of real-life examples of disagreements and when it is worth getting into an argument. As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!
Timeline:
0:00 - Intro & Mere Mortal Moments
1:42 - Can consciousness become a commodity?
6:11 - Your attention is becoming the most valuable thing
16:42 - Nobody is talking about consciousness
19:49 - The only thing you can be sure of is that something is happening right now
22:30 - How the Mere Mortals are able to disagree amicably
30:40 - Intentionally not resolving a disagreement
33:20 - Kyrin's Chilean tree story
36:53 - Don't half-ass an argument
42:42 - Share the arguments across the world
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