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New Book ‘Basic Metaverse’ by David Shrier Explores the Emerging $13 Trillion Metaverse and How Web3 Technologies Will Transform the Way We Collaborate, Work, and Play
Featuring easy-to-understand definitions and introduction to the landscape, along with forward-looking use cases and advice, this latest book from author David Shrier provides a cohesive overview on the vast impact that the metaverse will have on individuals, communities and societies as an estimated 3 billion people migrate to the metaverse by 2030.
LONDON, England, June 14, 2023 (CarryOnHarry.com)
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Despite many recent proclamations that the metaverse is dead, the metaverse generated more than $66 billion of revenue in 2022 and was used by more than 500 million people, according to Grandview Research. “Basic Metaverse: How Virtual Worlds Will Change Our Reality and What You Can Do to Unlock Their Potential” by David Shrier explores Web3 and metaverse technology, and how we are experiencing a world-changing moment in technological progress.Â
David Shrier, a globally recognised expert on technology innovation, discusses the limitless possibilities of the metaverse, including the property development, training of medical professionals in advanced procedures, and new methods for visualising and applying data in the business environment. The book outlines the broader implications of Web3 technologies, including those potentially unforeseen by the scientists and engineers that initially pioneered these concepts, and explains metaverse business drivers that are expected to create as much as $13 trillion of value by 2030 (according to Citi).
“Basic Metaverse”, published by Little Brown, is a fascinating journey through virtual worlds, examining the impact the metaverse will have on everyday life and work. Shrier delves into issues such as wealth disparity, inequality in access, and even virtual crime. His book provides a thought-provoking and insightful analysis of the potential benefits and risks associated with the metaverse. His book speaks to individuals, business leaders and communities.
David Shrier, a futurist and Managing Director of venture studio Visionary Future, says: “The introduction and adoption of the metaverse is having a profound impact on society. Experts in emergent technologies are transforming static data from various sources and presenting it in new intuitive ways through sight, sound, touch, and cognitive tricks that introduce three dimensions.
Richard Sarnoff, Chairman of Media KKR, reviewed “Basic Metaverse”: “David Shrier has created an invaluable primer for anyone interested in our digital future. With a broad range and an incisive approach, he has dissected and demystified the emerging metaverse from a fascinating array of angles. With this book, we now have a cohesive view of a phenomenon decades in the making, yet in many ways still inchoateâand with this book, we can better understand the inevitable and vast impact the metaverse will have on us as individuals, communities and societies.”
Vuk Jeremic, Former President, UN General Assembly, said “Basic Metaverse is a breathtaking dive into the virtual world of the not-so-distant future. Superbly succinct and comprehensive at the same time, in this book you will find everything you always wanted to know about metaverse (but were afraid to ask).”
“Basic Metaverse: How Virtual Worlds Will Change Our Reality and What You Can Do to Unlock Their Potential” is available in paperback now, and can be purchased on Amazon and other online retailers.
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About David Shrier:
David Shrier is a globally recognised expert on technology-driven innovation. He holds an appointment as Professor of Practice with Imperial College Business School and chairs the Research Group of the World Metaverse Council.Â
David spends considerable time translating academic theory into business practice, co-founding four AI-enabled spinouts from MIT and advising multiple ‘unicorn’ technology companies on new business growth. His Visionary Future venture studio both works with established companies to generate new revenue, and also invests in a portfolio of university-related spinouts spanning artificial intelligence, web3 and other disruptive technologies.Â
He has published seven books since 2016: Global Fintech (2022), Augmenting Your Career: How to Win at Work in the Age of AI (2021), Basic Blockchain (2020), Trusted Data (2019), New Solutions for Cyber Security (2019), Trust:Data (2016) and Frontiers of Financial Technology (2016).Â
About Little Brown
Little Brown was established in 1837 and has published a range of best-selling non-fiction titles. Notable works include Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk To Freedom, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, and Bitcoin Billionaires by Ben Mezrich.
Source: David Shrier, author
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Vicki Thomas is 80 years old, has survived two cancers, and just wrote a book arguing that none of that means she’s done. The author of "From Woodstock to Wisdom…A Boomer’s Journey to 80" was recently featured in an Influential Women tribute recognizing her work on aging and reinvention, according to an announcement from her organization, My Future Purpose.
The book itself is a collection of essays, described by its author as candid and often humorous, covering aging, identity, relationships, technology, loss and the search for purpose. Thomas frames the subject through her own generation’s arc: the Baby Boomers who marched and questioned authority in their youth are now, in her telling, confronting ageism and invisibility in later life. According to the announcement, the essays range from caregiving and changing bodies to what she describes as becoming an influencer at 79.
Thomas’s path to writing that book runs through several careers. In the 1970s she became head of marketing and advertising for the Credit Union National Association, working in what was then a male-dominated financial-services industry. She later worked on projects tied to American Express, Prudential Securities and Merrill Lynch focused on women and the pre-retiree market, and spent time at the ABC Television Network before moving into nonprofit work.
That nonprofit work included Purple Heart Homes, which builds accessible housing for disabled veterans; Thomas’s media and outreach work there earned her the $100,000 Purpose Prize from Encore.org in 2013, an award recognizing people over 60 for social-impact work. She has described that period alongside a more personal turning point: a diagnosis of a rare, aggressive cancer that came with a prognosis of three to five years to live, followed two years later by a breast cancer diagnosis. She has adopted the term "bonus year" to describe each year she has lived beyond her initial three-to-five-year prognosis, as noted in the organization’s statement.
Thomas is currently co-founder and Chief Purpose Officer of My Future Purpose, an organization she runs with Joyce Cohen that works with people navigating retirement and life transitions through workshops, speaking engagements and a program called Pathways to Purpose. The organization’s pitch, per the announcement, is a reframing question: not what someone is retiring from, but what they’re still capable of becoming. Thomas is also developing a related project, "From Woodstock to Wisdom: Passing the Mic," intended to bring college students into conversation with older adults about purpose and generational perception.
The book and the broader effort share a label Thomas uses for the movement she’s trying to build: a "What’s Next movement," aimed particularly at older women she says are too often written off as finished contributors.
Studio CarryOnHarry finds the more interesting story here isn’t the memoir itself but the timing: Thomas is explicitly targeting a generation now aging into the questions it once thought it had permanently deferred, and betting there’s an audience for that discomfort stated plainly rather than softened.
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Kathleen Austin has published "Beary Best Friends A Visit to the Dentist," the third book in her children’s series, through Page Publishing.
The series follows a group of bear characters through everyday childhood experiences, and this installment centers on a trip to the dentist. According to the publisher’s synopsis, the book ends with the characters walking out of the dental office and wondering where their next adventure will take them, a framing consistent across the earlier entries in the series and one that suggests Austin is building toward further books rather than closing out the story.
Austin, a graduate of Hunterdon Central High School, lives in Milford, New Jersey, with her husband. She has said the characters draw on people in her own life, including her nephew Anthony, her cousin Stephen Perry, who lives in England, and her son Jeffrey Jr. The book’s dedication credits Dr. Thomas Evers and his staff, whom Austin has said informed the story’s approach to dental care.
"I wanted to create a story that shows children how a trip to the dentist can actually be an adventure," Austin stated according to the press release. "Through the eyes of my beloved characters, I hope every child discovers that taking care of their teeth is something to embrace with joy and confidence."
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