Mark Zuckerberg has a dystopian vision of the future in which his company Meta — formerly known as Facebook — rakes in massive amounts of money by peddling virtual trinkets to you in his digital universe.
Zuckerberg gushed about his creepy fantasy on Wednesday on CNBC, touting what he hopes will be “a huge business opportunity for us.”
His ambition is to establish this virtual world by 2030.
“Our north star is that by the end of the decade, we hope to basically get to around a billion people in the metaverse, doing hundreds of dollars of commerce each — buying digital goods, digital content, different things to express themselves,” he said.
“So whether that’s clothing for their avatar or different digital goods for their virtual home or things to decorate their virtual conference room, utilities to be able to be more productive in virtual and augmented reality and across the metaverse overall,” Zuckerberg added.
Trending:
“I think there’s going to be a massive economy around this.”
This grim vision of the future essentially involves people living their lives in an online universe built and run by a liberal Big Tech overlord.
Instead of owning a real home, you can buy a virtual one in Zuckerberg’s metaverse. Instead of purchasing clothes or jewelry in real life, you can simply own them virtually.
Are you frightened by Zuckerberg’s vision of the future?
Yes: 0% (0 Votes)
No: 0% (0 Votes)
<
