Blast From the Past: Metanomics 101, revisited

It seems like ages ago that I gave my opening presentation, Metanomics 101, to the Metanomics audience. But now that we have gotten some additional funding, we have arranged for someone to create transcripts of our old shows, starting with the first one. You can download it here. Re-reading this, I can see how much I have learned about Second Life and the metaverse since then, but I am pleased to report that much of the content here stands up pretty well.

In the first part of the talk, I give a summary of Second Life's economy. I think I have gotten better at conveying this information over the months, but I still got it pretty much right way back as a relative "noob."

The second part of the talk moves on to research topics:
• Research within virtual worlds, from the residents' perspective (immersionist research);
• Research about how real-world enterprises are using virtual worlds to achieve their strategic goals (augmentationist research)
• Research conducted through experiments within virtual worlds (experimentalist research). Better yet--experiments that involve creating worlds that vary from one another on only a key dimension, so that we can see whether, to take a timely example, one-time tax rebates can actually stave off a recession.

The research discussion is going to particularly relevant to people who are attending Emory's upcoming conference, Virtual Worlds and New Realities in Commerce, Politics, and Society.

But for those of you new to virtual worlds, to metanomics (the topic...business and policy in the metaverse of virtual worlds), or Metanomics (the show...note the capital letter), take a read through this transcript, which should get you up to speed. Or you can watch the show on SLCN.tv.

Just keep in mind...the shows have gotten better!