I should say that I generally hate the idea of metaverse (in the sense of "sensory-immersive experience in a virtual world with random strangers"). I'd rather that humanity spends more time in the real world, even if it can sometimes be more frustrating, less designed, and generally more drafty.
> Having built it, though, you might discover that it’s just a lot of randos milling around waiting for something to happen.
Neal Stephenson (who coined "metaverse" in Snow Crash) on the demise of Metaverse™.
https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/my-prodigal-brainchild

My Prodigal Brainchild
Reflections on the latest and greatest Death of the Metaverse
GraphomaneMy wife just asked me if Github was a tech version of Pornhub and I didn't have an adequate argument that it wasn't
A dormitory roof caught fire in Prague and it looks like nobody is hurt but, damn, that's a lot of smoke.
#prague