We live in a world of scarcity: we have limited resources like clean water, arable land, and energy. We’re also living in unprecedented times, with climate change reports telling us it’s “code red for humanity.” Why? Unsustainable, unfettered capitalism has pushed us into the next mass extinction. There are three big trends going on right now in human society: We are becoming more interconnectedWe are becoming more virtual and digitalWe are becoming less fit to survive in the physical world as we know it today. We need to find ways of managing all these trends simultaneously if we want to avoid disaster for both humanity and nature itself. Collaborating on Solutions With the ever-growing digital world, particularly the virtual metaverse, we’re becoming more interconnected and creative. The metaverse connects people so they can share ideas, information, knowledge, wisdom across borders and boundaries; but also collaborate on new projects; and build realities with very little energy cost compared with conventional physical reality. This new level of interconnectivity will enable us to collaborate on solutions. That said, not all metaverses are made equal. For example, Facebook’s metaverse is a centralized project, which means that users don’t truly own and control their own data, similar to what happens on WhatsApp or Instagram. With a decentralized metaverse like Next Earth, which is a digital replica of Eart...
