**A definitive guide to the metaverse: why it's important, why it matters to society, and how to create a metaverse that works for all of us---------------****'Brimming with big and convincing arguments about where human life is heading' Arianna Huffington---------------**The metaverse is a vision of how the next generation of the internet will operate. Many people believe it is the future. But what will that future look like?

**“A fascinating, provocative case that the metaverse will not merely transform our virtual experience—it may actually enrich the quality of our lives” (Adam Grant)—from the visionary co-founder of one of today’s most innovative technology companies“This important book offers a highly persuasive argument that the metaverse, a new kind of virtual world, marks a profound next stage in this long human quest for fulfillment through creation.”—Chris Anderson, head of TED**The co...

Brought to you by Penguin.Is the metaverse a brave new world? An immersive digital playground? The next generation of online gaming? Or just the latest manifestation of our human tendency to create other realities?Herman Narula argues that it is all of these things. His vision of the metaverse, deeply rooted in history and psychology, looks to the Egyptians, whose conception of death inspired them to build the pyramids, to modern-day sports...