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Michael Dean

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🌿 On-Demand Resurrections

For centuries, historians have been trying to crack a mystery at the center of an Ancient Greek religion. Turns out, psychedelics may have been involved. It could change the nature of what we think about the Resurrection.

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🛠 Architect of the Metaverse

The next Internet will be spatial, and architects have a role to play. Right now, VR is a popular tool to visualize construction projects. But the rise of the Metaverse will bring the rise of digital buildings, cloud cities, and a generation of 3D modelers.

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🧩 Object-Oriented Design

What makes Notion special? Yes, it’s known for its dashboards. But most people set up folder hierarchies and don’t take advantage of it’s best feature: relational databases.

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🕰 Write for Your Grandkids

Why write online? There are dozens of reasons, and they’ll each compete to guide your actions. What if you wrote for just one person, and they don’t even exist yet? This one gets into legacy and time capsules.

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♨️ COVID is a Psychedelic

Psychedelics loosen up the ego so ideas from the subconscious can emerge. COVID has shaken up the routine of institutions, and it’ll allow repressed trends from the 21st century to become mainstream.

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🗼 Las Vegas & the Metaverse

Your experience in a ‘VR metropolis’ will be very different from a physical city. When you factor in teleportation and 3D modeling, the surreal vibe will be most similar to modern-day Vegas.

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📖 Simulation Fiction

Fiction about the implications of VR is way older than we think. Since 1909, we’ve been crafting stories about technology-induced transrealism, and the effects on consciousness and society.

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🃏 Crashing Facebook Connect

I joined Facebook's annual VR conference through my Oculus Quest. This one is a cynical, bizarre, and lucid adventure into the strange future that large tech companies are rushing to shape.

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📐 Studio Culture

Architecture school was a 5-year military-grade boot camp for designers. Why does studio culture motivate students so intensely? We’ll look into the power of autonomy, feedback, and friendship.