• zaphod@sopuli.xyz
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    11 months ago

    It was basically owned by Gaben who died and some other corporation tried to take over Valve.

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      11 months ago

      That’s the idea the book tries to convey, but even to the extent it gets idealized we see that Oasis is overmonetized and poor people have a harder time enjoying themselves compared to those who are better off. At one point Wade gets stuck on the education world because he doesn’t have enough money to travel to other worlds.

      Not that money doesn’t buy entertainment in our world also, but we have a variety of free options too.