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Meta wants as many creators and developers building Metaverse products as possible, because more products mean more advertising opportunities and potentially small marketplace fees, so it can keep fees very low to encourage creation.

Where I disagree is with the idea that the physical world and the digital world are increasingly “being overlaid and coming together”; in fact, I think the opposite is happening: the physical world and digital world are increasingly bifurcating. Again, to use myself as an example, my physical reality is defined by my life in Taiwan with my family;... See more

One comes in the form of NewNew, a start-up in Los Angeles, that describes its product as creating a “human stock market.” On the app, fans pay to vote in polls to control some of a creator’s day-to-day decisions.

8) User Behaviors: Observable changes in consumers and businesses behaviors (including spend and investment, time and attention, decision-making and capability) which are either directly associated with the Metaverse, or otherwise enable it or reflect its principles and philosophy.

I must admit, idling accounts for some of the most relaxing moments of my day. They’re not joyful , nor are they ultimately restful (I’m reading Twitter after all, and I’m still tired afterward, often moreso), but there’s something about the combination of knowing she’s near me, safe and happy, while putting my brain in suspension mode that hits... See more

Nowadays, there are four things that are gonna decide if I have a good day. Did I sleep enough? Did I connect deeply with people I love? Did I get some time to myself? Did I make choices for my body that felt good—like, did I take a good walk, did I eat healthy, did I exercise? If I get those four things in place, usually my days are pretty good.

Colleges are doing more and more teaching with adjuncts who get paid nothing and have no job security. What happens when professors have real alternatives, or are able to go D2C and decide to leave, the same way journalists have left places like The New York Times to go independent on Substack?

NFTs make less sense when there isn’t a purpose to digital ownership, such as for managing physical collectibles, where people presumably want to receive the objects themselves.