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03 December 2008
Second Life, where anything is possible: Philip Rosedale on TED.com
Why build a virtual world? At this year's Serious Play conference, Philip Rosedale talks about the virtual society he founded, Second Life, and its underpinnings in human creativity. It's a place so different that anything could happen. (Recorded May 2008 in Pasadena, California. Duration: 28:31.)
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