Hot take: Everyone is wrong about the Metaverse.
here's my 3 part theory..
Part I - Everyone is wrong
Most people think "the metaverse" is a virtual place.
Like in the movie Ready Player One.
A virtual world, like Minecraft, Roblox, or like Zuck showed in the facebook demo yesterday.
But what if it's not a place?
Part II - It's Not a Place, It's a Time
A time? wtf?
Yes, a moment in time.
You know in artificial intelligence, there's an idea of "the singularity"?
It's a moment in time where AI becomes smarter than humans. The moment when artificial intelligence > human intelligence
Part III - What it is
The metaverse is the moment in time where our digital life is worth more to us than our phsyical life.
This is not an overnight change. Or an invention by some steve jobs type.
It's a gradual change that's been happening for 20 yrs
Every important part of life is going digital.
Work --> from factories to laptops. boardrooms to zooms.
Friends --> from neighbors to followers. Where do you find like minded people? Twitter. Reddit. etc.
Games --> more kids play fortnite than basketball & football combined.