Mark Zuckerberg: Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #267

Mark argues that you can only build Facebook/Meta if you have the idea that people having the right to express themselves is a good thingVoice + Connection = Opportunity

The key question: how do you replicate presence?  Mark says Meta wants to make the most human thing possible: visual presence, spatial audio, temperature, olfactory system, touch, etc.

The goal of the metaverse is not to build technology for people to interact with; but rather, build technology for people to interact with each otherSpatial audio and eye contact technology are just two features to drastically improve on current video meeting technology, for exampleEstablishing a presence is the most difficult problem

Mark: I understand why people would be concerned about ads as a business model. But does getting people angry and serving them provocative content make them more likely to use Facebook services over the long term? I don't think so. We are not building this for the next quarter, we want to build this for the decades to come. It's too simplistic to s... See more

Mark: Centralized systems, if you are a serious company, can allow you to train systems that will do much better personalization.

Mark: People think the metaverse is a place - but it's really about a time when immersive digital worlds become the primary way we live our lives. The metaverse is a continuation, not a new thing.