THE CONVERGENCE OF THE REAL AND VIRTUAL WORLDS Peter S. Jenkins Tampere, April 10, 2008

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SPEED ING UP OF H I S T O R Y DOUBLE MOVEMENTS LATE 19TH British hegemony protectionism LATE 20TH globalization transnational advocacy groups EARLY 21ST pressures from inhabitants of virtual worlds pushback from the real world

HORIZONTAL EQUITY V E R T I C A L E Q U I T Y REAL WORLD - PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAX VIRTUAL WORLDS – EVERYONE STARTS AT LEVEL 1

LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT TAX SHELTER?

HORIZONTAL EQUITY TAX HAVEN?

FREE SPEECH IN VIRTUAL WORLD INSTEAD OF REAL WORLD?

OR FREE SPEECH IN THE REAL WORLD INSTEAD OF THE VIRTUAL WORLD?

2002 – AUTHORITARIAN, STATIST NOVEMBER, 2003 – NEO-LIBERAL (USERS GET IP) SUMMER, 2006 – COPYBOT PROBLEM NOVEMBER, 2006 – NEW DEVELOPMENTAL STATE MODEL (COLLABORATIVE ENFORCEMENT) FEBRUARY, 2007 – SOURCE CODE MADE PUBLIC UNDER GNU LICENSE (TRANSPARENT) SECOND LIFE AS DEVELOPING NATION – IP

OPTIONS FOR REAL WORLD - IP

PREDICTION MARKETS – INFORMATION GATHERING AS PLAY

PREDICTION MARKETS TO DO PUBLIC POLICY - MORE PLAY

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