I don't get why the interviewer suggests that the author deserves some compensation. Did metaverse as an idea did not exist before Snow Crash?
Tons of visualization through art, and ways and means defined through story.
Of course tend to need to be very literal about these things.
Frankly a computer meta verse isn’t that interesting
I’d rather figure out how to grow neuron structures that let me believe or have skills in anything and just babysit this stupid fleshy husk literally
So there's certainly precedent for Stephenson to claim the moral rights to a "metaverse," whatever that is.
He’s right that compensation isn’t legally due—but he should be proud!