Thursday, October 28, 2021

Beware the Metaverse


Mark Zuckerberg thinks if he changes the name of his company from Facebook to Meta people will not hold him responsible for the dastardly results of his invention. Poor Mark. Well, not poor Mark but actually very, very rich Mark -- he is sadly mistaken. His new company, which promises to make a whole new virtual world where humans can interact with others as avatars, will likely cause even more psychological harm to future generations of children who will grow up living in his "metaverse" and never feel the wind on their faces or walk in the woods or do anything in the real, old-fashioned world.

Life is getting stranger every day here on Earth. The best you can do is eat your fruits and veggies, drink plenty of  water and get outside as much as you can while there still is an outside to get to.

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