Rizwan Virk (known as Riz) is a successful entrepreneur, a video game pioneer, a venture capitalist, and founder of the start-up accelerator Play Labs @ MIT. His interest and expertise ranges from video games, the metaverse, simulation theory, meditation, consciousness, and the intersection of science, science fiction, religion, and philosophy. He’s a graduate of MIT and Stanford and is currently a faculty associate at Arizona State University.
Rizwan Virk is the author of
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Zen Entrepreneurship: Walking the Path of the Career Warrior (BayView Labs 2013)
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Startup Myths and Models: What You Won't Learn in Business School (Columbia Business School Publishing 2020)
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Treasure Hunt: Follow Your Inner Clues to Find True Success (Watkins Publishing 2017)
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The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics and Eastern Mystics Agree We Are in a Video Game. (Bayview books 2019)
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Wisdom of a Yogi: Lessons for Modern Seekers from Autobiography of a Yogi (Bayview Books 2023)
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The Zen Entrepreneur & the Dream: An MIT Grad’s Quest for Success & Enlightenment in Silicon Valley ((no info yet on publisher 2023)
To learn more about the work of Rizwan Virk go to www.zenentrepreneur.com.
Host: Justine Willis Toms Interview Date: 7/14/2023 Program Number: C0590
More from Rizwan Virk:
A full one-hour New Dimensions program on this subject is available for purchase and download:
Are We Living in a Video Game? with Rizwan Virk
