Originally found here: https://theartofresearch.org/a-history/ A PDF of the article can be found here. In case the link is broken, you can view a locally archived copy of the original webpage here. I found so much in here that immediately got added to my reading list for future rabbit holes, and found a lot of insight and inspiration within the article itself.
Lately the news constantly talks about the impending metaverse, virtual reality, and the billionaires who plan to advertise to us as we sleep in our headsets. I have not been wildly excited. I don’t wish to spend all my time immersed in a virtual world, and I find the idea of it distressing. But today I watched some videos that Christoph Niemann made in 2018 and got more excited about the concept of virtual spaces than I have been in a while....