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The Metaverse Zucks
Our world is fake and was fake for a while now. But with the rise of Social Media we were able to spread the fakery even further. Many people are miserable, but if you look at their Social Media they seem to lead the happiest of lives. Yada, yada, yada — you know about all that. Nothing new.
So. Why would we want to expand that trend, make it even more shiny, accessible and propose holographic avatars, instead of tackling the foundational problems we’re facing as a modern society. Technological advances have been faster than sociological ones, by far and we haven’t even figured out the long-term effects of 24/7 exposure to EM-fields (like WIFI and mobile carrier signals), socio-ecological effects of Social Media on developing minds or the Bitcoin hype on energy management and our environment. But there’s already the next big thing. Proposed by “uncanny valley” humanlike Mark Zuckerberg.
The Metaverse
By giving a shitty company doused in controversy a new name and coming up with something “dope”, the Zuck tries to elevate the whole internet experience for everyone to the next level. The idea is to merge gaming, virtual reality, communication, working, NFTs (digital ownership) and common, daily tasks into one big thing that conveniently can be called the first version of “The Matrix”…
