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Philip Rosedale
4 quotes
“It's a bit like The Matrix... We provide the land, and the community builds the actual world, which gives everyone a huge sense of being pioneers in a great experiment.”
Philip Rosedale (born 1968) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In: Marco R. della Cava, "Utopia goes digital," USA TODAY, 8/21/2005
“My wife bought me the book Snow Crash and said, 'You're going to love this' ... In fact, he loved it so much, he wanted to build a virtual world based on it.”
Philip Rosedale (born 1968) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In: Laura Sydell, "Sci-Fi Inspires Engineers To Build Our Future," Weekend Edition Saturday, 8/21/2010
“I started doing electronics when I was a little kid, in the 5th or 6th grade, buying computer parts at a swap meet and writing my first programs. Simple things just blew my mind with respect to the sort of infinite simulation or combinatorial possibility inside the computer. My personal obsession from my childhood was that I just wanted to recreate reality inside the computer and then go in there.”
Philip Rosedale (born 1968) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In: Peter Diamandis. "Second Life: How a Virtual World Became a Reality," at huffingtonpost.com, 03/07/2013.
“I think the magic of Silicon Valley is not in fostering risk-taking, but instead in making it safe to work on risky things.”
Philip Rosedale (born 1968) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview published in SingularityHub.com. June 15, 2015.