A Q&A with Philip Rosedale, founder and CEO of Linden Lab, a virtual market-driven community.
More than 70,000 people participate in San Francisco-based Linden Lab's Second Life, the first online virtual community built around economics. The company's founder explains how a capitalist model fuels interest in a virtual world.
How does Second Life's virtual world work?
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