On a surface level, it could be easy to believe this. After all, human beings use electronic devices to work, order food, and keep up with their daily schedules. There’s also the rise of automation that is integrating itself into people’s work lives and personal lives.
However, when one digs beneath the surface, it’s not difficult to see the insidious and Orwellian nature of the metaverse. In essence, meta demands individuals to escape the real world and enter into a virtual one, a world presumably controlled by Zuckerberg himself.
What happens to people in the real world as they are hooked into the metaverse? Also, what are the adverse impacts of wearing a headset for hours or even days on end, potentially?
Flashback to the Matrix
In many regards, the metaverse is a real-life manifestation of the Matrix; it’s something we all need to be very careful with.
In the Matrix, the system only functions because human beings are the batteries that keep it alive. In the metaverse, this system will operate by people using it, working in it, and essentially transferring their lives into the metaverse.
