[One Sip of a Book] The New World Created by the New Humanity: 'Choi Jaebung's Metaverse Story'

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Tracking how the metaverse worldview has changed our daily lives and reshaped the business landscape through a series of developments from the emergence of ‘Phono Sapiens’ to the pandemic, using interesting and diverse data. It especially focuses on ‘human life’ rather than ‘technology,’ exploring the competitiveness and new opportunities for individuals and companies in the digital new continent where the metaverse, NFTs, and crypto economy are about to flourish.

Now, meeting remotely anytime and anywhere for meetings and learning has become an ordinary part of daily life. Children first met their teachers through smartphones to study, and now they have moved to a space called the metaverse, where they meet friends and learn about the world. This is an astonishing change in humanity that began as an escape for survival. Although COVID-19 could lock children inside their homes, it could not stop them from moving toward a new continent, a new civilization. There, children meet friends and engage in the conversations they thirsted for. As a makeshift solution, humanity began adapting by finding new ways of life. However, the experiences gained from these new methods lead to changes in thinking. People start realizing that there are many advantages after experiencing it firsthand. Thoughts about telecommuting, remote education, and remote healthcare?which were once considered impossible (or unnecessary)?begin to change, and the idea of utilizing their benefits starts to gather momentum. Coincidentally, the digital civilization that was forcibly experienced became a turning point that changed everyday life. Yet, such ‘forced’ changes caused by external shocks are actually an old habit of humanity. _p. 22, From the Record of ‘New Civilization’ Encountered in the Course of History

South Korea is the only country in the world simultaneously undergoing two paradigm shifts: the digital revolution and the advanced country revolution. Already advanced countries have built systems for nurturing creative talents over several years, and society as a whole is accustomed to challenging new creations. In contrast, we are facing an unfamiliar situation for the first time. Because we are late, we must change even better. The post-COVID new normal is a tremendous wave of change that cannot be solved by previous methods. We must look back on the paths we have done well so far, properly set the direction we must go, and prepare for the future with the determination to thoroughly remake everything. From education to common sense for living in society and even specialized knowledge, preparations of a completely different caliber from now are required. _p. 78, The Ability to Solve Problems Without ‘Right Answers,’ The Level of Work Changes

The metaverse world is not a suddenly emerging technology but a technology that already existed. So why has it suddenly attracted so much attention? The answer is simple. In the past, metaverse technologies were scattered across various fields and used only in specialized areas, but today, these technologies have converged around platforms to form a massive ecosystem. The formation of an ecosystem means that the number of users has greatly increased. The important point in the data is that the new world called the metaverse is explosively popular, especially among Generation Z, and the world’s top companies are pointing to the metaverse as the platform that will replace today’s Facebook, Instagram, and others within the next ten years. Therefore, it is meaningful to understand well how the metaverse craze started, how it is developing, and in which direction it is heading, as well as to experience it firsthand. If platforms that will replace Facebook or Instagram are being created, this time we must make good use of this new opportunity. _pp. 119~120, The Expanded Version of the Digital New World Created by Generation Z

Choi Jaebung’s Metaverse Story | Written by Choi Jaebung | Book in a Box | 17,000 KRW

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