Cowen asks (https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/tyler-cowen-robert-wiblin-stubborn-attachments-80000-hours-podcast-359aa62aa8ab …) if VR can finally replace face-to-faces. People this weekend agreed there's something special about face-to-face but not about what, when I asked: is voice enough? Gesture tracking? Eye-gaze tracking? Facial mapping? How could this be tested?
Yes, but how much of it is that? Few people ask where you came from to gauge how costly the conference/visit is. And if necessary, other more useful costs can be imposed. (My suggestion to people was a required-reading list! Get everyone onto the same page, literally.)