In 2007 Kevin Kelly gave a famous TED talk called “The Next 5000 Days of the Web”. That’s 13.69 years, so we’re right where he was talking about. Was he right in his predictions and conclusions? Is that a good thing? What might it mean?

Enough people have mentioned the Simulation to me today that I’m sharing for fun (NOTE: I’m not sure I agree with Elon here – things can be very weird, surreal, magical and still painfully real, all at once). Regardless, we’re all in it together. And that’s a good thing.

We’re starting to build the community of virtual co-workers in Second Life. Please take a look at our open Google Doc and feel free to add ideas and suggestions.

This is a rather personal presentation that explains why the Metaverse matters so much and why virtual worlds are central to how we form communities, tell stories and think about reality going forward. I hope reading it inspires you 1/100 as much as it did to me making it.