Review”Edward Castronova has again charted new waters to the virtual worlds emerging as the next frontier. He has proven himself as the oracle of the virtual world revolution.”–Christian Renaud, Networked Virtual Environments, Cisco ”A book full of insights about our online present and a hopeful look at the future where politics and economics will be increasingly governed by the rules of video games.”–John Beck, President of The AttentionCompany and co-author of The Kids are Alrigh (more…)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A thought-provoking speculative discussion
In Exodus to the Virtual World, Dr. Edward Castronova explores a possible future wherein participation in virtual worlds and MMOs becomes so widespread that major social effects…
Bubble Baths
6/24/2009
4.0 out of 5 stars
Attention migration
The central theme of Exodus is the concept of “attention migration”. That is: that more and more people choose to immerse themselves in synthetic worlds (Castronova’s word instead…
Mustafa
6/24/2009
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