Snow Crash Author Neal Stephenson to Judge XPRIZE; His Coined 'Metaverse' Reshaped Trillion-Dollar Companies
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-08-14
Peter Diamandis notes that Neal Stephenson coined 'metaverse' in a 1992 novel, leading Facebook to rename itself in 2021. Stephenson will join Neil deGrasse Tyson as a judge for the Future Vision XPRIZE on September 25.
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