<p><b>A definitive guide to the metaverse: why it''s important, why it matters to society, and how to create a metaverse that works for all of us<br><br>---------------</b><br><br><b>''Brimming with big and convincing arguments about where human life is heading'' Arianna Huffington<br><br>---------------</b><br><b>The metaverse is a vision of how the next generation of the internet will operate. Many people believe it is the future.</b><b> But what will that future look like?</b> An immersive digital playground? The next generation of online gaming? Or just the latest manifestation of our human tendency to create other realities?<br><br>Herman Narula argues that it is all of these things and <i>more</i>. His vision of the metaverse, deeply rooted in history and psychology, looks to the Egyptians, whose concept of death inspired them to build the pyramids, to modern-day sports fans whose fantasy leagues are as competitive as the real thing, and finds that humanity has always sought ways