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What is Presence?

Heidegger on the Metaverse

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Zohar Atkins
Aug 03, 2021
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Whatever you think of the metaverse, it’s coming. Mark Zuckerberg says “It’s the technology that delivers the clearest form of presence.” In the plain sense, I know what Zuckerberg means; but in the Heideggerian sense, it’s foolhardy to think that technology can “deliver presence.” On the contrary, technology offers a simulacrum of presence. It may make…

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