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The term metaverse is suddenly everywhere, from debates over Fortnite to the pages of the New York Times to the speeches of Mark Zuckerberg, who proclaimed in June 2021 that “the overarching goal” of Facebook is to “bring the metaverse to life”. But what, exactly, is the metaverse? As pioneering theorist and venture capitalist Matthew Ball explains, it is the successor to the mobile internet that has defined the last two decades.

A Russian dissident, a Jesuit priest, and an American mule skinner are but a few of the bold visionaries who crafted the scientific story of cosmic origins. The collective insights of these and numerous creative thinkers advanced human understanding from mythology to mathematics, yielding falsifiable alternatives to ancient folklore and campfire tales. Listening to the Big Bang tells the dramatic human story—filled with colorful characters, unsung catalysts, and glorified heroes—which made the Big Bang the leading cosmological theory.

Welcome to "The Work of Art in the Age of Metaverse Reproduction". Originally published in the 1930s, this remediated version of Benjamin's seminal set of essays repositions the work in a contemporary metaverse spatiotemporal setting, substituting thinkers, technologies and examples with their metamodern equivalents.The edited 'reading' of the remediated essay is followed by a rationale, exploring and validating the edits and substitutions made. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.