The f(x) = e^x | The Metaverse Will Change What It Means to be Human
The f(x) = e^x | The Metaverse Will Change What It Means to be Human
Good Day! This is my weekly newsletter, with a dose of insights into the future. The topic of this newsletter is the exponential times we live in, hence the title of f(x) = e^x, which is the (natural) exponential function.
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How the Metaverse Will Change What It Means to be Human
My latest article:
The metaverse will enable you to be who you want, regardless of physical restraints or considerations. It will allow individuals to explore their identity in ways never possible before. The more we step into the metaverse, and the more the physical and the digital worlds converge, the more fun the world will become.
The immersive internet will enable you to go wild and change who you are. You can be a purple flying centaur dressed as barbie, a blue man with a burning head, or Bowser from Mario Kart; you are only bound by your creativity. We can expect humans to discover new identities in novel ways, changing what it means to be human.
Three Useful Nuggets of Information
My weekly tips from around the web to get you thinking.
1. The 2022 state of crypto report.
The famous VC firm a16z has released a new annual report on the state of the crypto industry with an overview of trends in the crypto industry, shared through the a16z crypto vantage point. (a16z)
2. A guide to the most important AI law coming your way.
The EU is working on new legislation to prevent the worst harms linked to artificial intelligence. This new AI Act can have as big an impact as GDPR and is hugely ambitious. But what is it about? (MIT)
3. What does a quantum computing lab look like?
In case you wonder what a quantum computing lab looks like, now is your chance to have an inside look at IBM's quantum computing lab led by Jerry Chow - one of the most influential people in the quantum computing space. (Morning Brew)
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Dr. Mark van Rijmenam
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is The Digital Speaker, a world-leading futurist and global AI keynote speaker who helps leaders decide what AI, and the technologies that follow it, mean for their business. He speaks to leadership teams at their retreats and to conference audiences worldwide, and his WAVE framework gives them a way of deciding that they keep using long after he has left the room. His Intelligence Age Scorecard measures how ready an organization is across the four WAVE pillars.
He holds a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney, is a Certified Speaking Professional and Global Speaking Fellow, and ranks among the world’s top futurists on the Global Gurus list (#1 in 2025, #3 in 2026). Salesforce named him one of its 16 leading AI voices. He has written six books, most recently Now What? How to Ride the Tsunami of Change, writes the Synthetic Minds newsletter on Substack, and founded Futurwise. Talk to his digital twin on WhatsApp: +1 (830) 463-6967.
