The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday November 17th, 2021
On the “Metaverse”: Letters to Mark Zuckerberg, Founder, META by Dr. Azly Rahman
Yes, my obsession with analyzing the anatomy, chemistry, ideology, and political-economy continues [Article: “Metaverse? And a Zuckerbergian elegy?” Read HERE!].
The mind-map I created in my plan to write this essay suggests the
inextricable-linkages of the fields of Human Geography, Cognitive
Psychology, Modern World History, Cultural Studies, and Sociology of the
Future — fields I teach and have taught, over the years. Paradigms of
sociological research are what I have applied alternatively, to
understand the meaning of this “new world” that is being created by
those who own the means of production and who will change the nature of
the social relations of production.
Here’s my
thought on some data collection work: I’d like to know what the
post-Millennial generation, those teenagers of today think of the
“metaverse.” — of NFTs, cryptocurrency, “digital sneakers”, augmented
and virtual worlds, robots, post-Covid-quarantine syndrome, and entry
into the “metaverse,”, and a host of other considerations as we speak of
the sociology of the future re: metaverse. After all, these teens are
the direct and dedicated consumers of digital products and are part of
the generation of beings that got happily sucked and vacuumed and
hyper-looped into the world of augmented reality this and that.
Continue reading HERE!
“Human” #poem #painting by Nikos Laios
“Everyday we dig deep
Plunging into the depths,
That’s where the good stuff is”
Continue reading HERE!
Ephemera 21#27 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Ephemera, HERE!
For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE!
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