Mark Zuckerberg directed the investment of something like $70-80 billion into his “VR metaverse,” which is now shutting down on 15 June.

I have been assured that capitalist ownership is warranted because capitalists take risks and because they make important decisions about capital allocation.

@HeavenlyPossum If only he'd have put it into sth which benefits everyone like healthcare or the education system, sometimes I really do miss the Middle Ages

@MeerderWoerter @HeavenlyPossum

I like how this post implies that you've been walking this earth since at least the Middle Ages.

@CorvidCrone @HeavenlyPossum Oh I wish, even though, I definitely wouldn't be alive anymore if it were the Middle Ages - got a nasty nasty infection which needed antibiotics last year and while that is survivable without, other things definitely would have put me out