Welcome to Metanomics

Getting Started

For a general description of what Metanomics is all about, see below.

What is the Metanomics Series?

Metanomics is the study of business and policy in the "metaverse" of virtual worlds. See the below video with voice-over by Metaversed's Nick Wilson for a quick overview of the series, or refer to the FAQ for a more in-depth look.

Speakers and audience

Series speakers will include game developers; executives managing real-world and virtual-world businesses; regulators and politicians; and scholars of business, economics, law and sociology. While events take place in Second Life, and will will have a number of sessions on the vibrant Second Life business community, our scope embraces all of the Metaverse. Speakers include virtual world visionaries Julian Dibbell and Ted Castronova, legal scholars Bryan T. Camp and Joshua Fairfield, US Congressional Staffer Dan Miller. Representatives from a number of key businesses in the Metaverse will be speaking as well, such as IBM, Intel, SAP, and Cisco.

Because so many people in our intended audience don't have Second Life accounts, we are also broadcasting all events live through the SLCN.tv website, and archives of the audio and video appear here.

More than just events

The Metanomics series is more than just a set of one-hour events. Like a college course, we have assigned readings for each event, chosen by Professor Bloomfield, the speaker(s) and experts in that week's topic. We encourage you to add your own suggestions, along with questions you would like to see the speaker(s) address during the event or afterward. We also post extensive post-event analysis, and encourage you to join in the conversation.

Help us out

Help us out by suggesting speakers or authors. Self-nominations welcome!