Virtually Speaking

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Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy, by David J. Chalmers (W. W. Norton, 544 pp., $32) When Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta, it was not a simple case of rebranding for a company embroiled in issues of privacy, censorship, and political interference. It was, rather, the first step toward an integrated […]

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