Our Next Reality | Alvin Wang Graylin + Louis Rosenberg

Why it is included:

We include this to reframe the Metaverse from an "Escape" to a "Solution."

As we face physical limits (climate, resources), Graylin and Rosenberg argue that the "AI-Powered Metaverse" offers a necessary path to Abundance without Extraction.

They envision a future where high-fidelity virtual worlds decouple human satisfaction from material consumption.

In this "Parallel Reality," we can provide universal access to elite education, travel, and culture—essentially a "Universal Basic Experience"—at near-zero carbon cost.

Crucially, the book is structured as a debate between an optimist and a realist.

It forces us to confront the fact that this technology is coming, whether we like it or not. The question is not if we will build it, but how.

This book is the manual for ensuring these worlds become training grounds for empathy and potential in a thriving world.