Edge January 2022 UK.pdf
“Like an alien race coming to terraform the Earth and turn us into meat batteries, first, they came for our friends and families, then our schools, then our town halls and libraries and marketplaces, and then our politicians.” A lot has been said about Facebook’s plans for an all- encompassing metaverse, but not much stands up to this from Internet culture writer Ryan Broderick. “They saved and studied billions of our faces and experimented on our children and our parents and figured out exactly how deeply they could worm their way into how we interact with each other. Now that they’ve reached the limitations of both our current technology and our laws, they decided it was time for an upgrade
“Like an alien race coming to terraform the Earth and turn us into meat
batteries, first, they came for our friends and families, then our schools,
then our town halls and libraries and marketplaces, and then our
politicians.” A lot has been said about Facebook’s plans for an all-
encompassing metaverse, but not much stands up to this from Internet
culture writer Ryan Broderick. “They saved and studied billions of our
faces and experimented on our children and our parents and figured out
exactly how deeply they could worm their way into how we interact with
each other. Now that they’ve reached the limitations of both our current
technology and our laws, they decided it was time for an upgrade
What's Your Reaction?
