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Society & Culture, Wonder, Philosophy, Ttbook, Knowledge, Interview

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Not everyone has a nice, big yard to stretch out in while sheltering in place from COVID-19. But maybe you don't need one. People are using virtual spaces to live out the real experiences they miss — like coffee shops, road trips, even building your own house on a deserted island, or Walden Pond. In a world where we're mostly confined to our homes and Zoom screens, does the line between virtual and real-life space mean much anymore?

Original Air Date: * *May 16, 2020

*Guests: *

Mark Riechers — Tracy Fullerton — Simon Parkin — Jane McGonigal — Donald D. Hoffman — Suzanne O’Sullivan

*Interviews In This Hour: *

There's No Pandemic In Animal Crossing — I Went To The Woods To Level Up Deliberately — The Most Boring Video Game Ever Made — Want to be Happier? Turn Everyday Tasks Into a Game — How We Fool Ourselves With The Concept of 'Reality'

Further Reading:

NYAS: Reality Is Not As It Seems

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, it's Anne.
0:05.0	Not everybody has a nice big yard to stretch out in while sheltering in place from COVID-19.
0:10.0	But you know what? Maybe you don't need one.
0:13.0	Today we're going to experience a few of the virtual spaces.
0:17.0	People are using to live out the real experiences they miss.
0:23.4	Coffee shops, road trips, even building your own house on a deserted island, or maybe Walden Pond.
0:32.2	It's all coming up after this.
0:34.5	It's all coming up after this.
0:43.8	Music up after this. Wisconsin Public Radio.
0:53.8	I know we're not supposed to go anywhere, but my friend Mark just built a new house.
1:02.2	In fact, he built a whole town. And this is one place we can visit, because it's inside a game.
1:12.6	I actually like the outside of my house more than the inside. I spend more time out here. Here's my yard.
1:14.6	I have sustainable wind power.
1:17.6	Here's my brick oven.
1:20.6	Peach orchard.
1:23.6	Here's a little coffee shop I built yesterday.
1:26.6	Yeah, it's a game about shop I built yesterday.
1:30.8	It's a game about making the whole world your own.
1:34.2	Mark Rickers is our digital producer.
1:40.3	He's been taking refuge from the grim reality of a global pandemic in Animal Crossing.
1:43.7	The game everyone everywhere seems to be playing. I'm Anne Strange, Champss and today on to the best of our knowledge, is it a video game or real life?
1:50.0	Do you have any neighbors?
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