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6 ways the metaverse is trying but failing to replace real life

There's nothing like the real thing.

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.

For many, that’s been the general reaction to the metaverse, an all-encompassing virtual world that big tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg really want people to inhabit using virtual or augmented reality headsets. Zuckerberg's company Meta actually spent $10 billion to promote this vision in 2021. Read more