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So this Microsoft acquisition of Activision is to help with Microsoft's work to create a metaverse? Can we just all agree that the metaverse is a

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Jan 18 '22, 14:41

terrible idea and should die a fiery death as soon as possible?

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it's to get hold of valuable properties because cash is basically free, consolidation helps remove choice. - colin Jan 18, 15:36
It's a 3D/AR/VR internet, and its arrival is inevitable. - The Allfather Jan 18, 14:43 12
- I disagree with the idea that there is nothing innately good or bad about it. I think we've seen that the rise of social media, for instance has - pmb Jan 18, 14:47 7
  - I would argue that you're making that argument on the internet with a stranger you wouldn't know otherwise. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 18, 14:52 6
    - I need to drink more or less. -- nm* - Will Hunting Jan 18, 15:23
    - Sure. Doesn't change my view of things. The fact that there can be instances in which it works doesn't mean it hasn't been more bad than good. - pmb Jan 18, 14:57 4
      - And I feel the internet is overwhelmingly positive as an invention. The same will be true with the metaverse. -- nm - The Allfather Jan 18, 14:59 3
        
        Okay Phastos -- nm - Max Jan 18, 15:13
        
        The internet as a whole, perhaps. But people leading their lives more virtually through social media has proven over and over again to be problematic - pmb Jan 18, 15:02
        
        We’ve had this exact discussion about the kid. - spamlet Jan 18, 15:02
- yup the world of Ready Player One is on the way. -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 14:44 3
  - Don't forget what the real world was like in Ready Player One. -- nm - pmb Jan 18, 14:59 2
    - It’s Ohio. We’re already there. They won a playoff game. It’s the end-times. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 18, 15:15
    - Also on the way -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 15:01

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