Monday, September 20, 2010

Virtual worlds: Is this where real life is heading?

"Recently a man bought a space station for $330 000, while last month Small Planet Foods, a subsidiary of General Foods, introduced a new brand of organic blueberries. What have these two products got in common? Neither actually exist. Well, not except as pixels in the virtual worlds where they are traded. Only the money is real."


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