Rise of the Zuckerverse

Libra failed, but this will definitely work… August 13, 2021 [UNSUBSCRIBE]( | [WEBSITE]( [Altucher Confidential] [Warning] Do you enjoy receiving Altucher Confidential? Please [Click Here Now]( so we know to continue sending you Altucher Confidential for free! “Facebook metaverse? Think again. Here’s why the future will not be ruled by the Big Tech titans, but will push them into obscurity.” [Email Masthead] [Editor’s Note: We’re going to do something a little different today. I’d like to start featuring content from a writer that I admire. His name is Chris Campbell. If you don’t know Chris, he’s one of the most interesting people you’ll ever meet. He’s visited over 30 countries on the hunt for ways to live a freer, healthier, more abundant, and satisfying life. He’s been on the bleeding edge of bitcoin, medical tourism, decentralization, Big Brother, and much more. He lived as a digital nomad with no possessions (sound familiar??)… He’s even tried his hand as a farmer in the Midwest. I hope you enjoy his ideas as much as I do!] Rise of the Zuckerverse By Chris Campbell A “CRASH PROOF” Play for Your Portfolio?! [If you’re worried about another market crash or recession…]( Then listen closely… I’ve pinpointed one sector that – based on historical data – could actually be considered “crash proof”. And I’ve found one stock – trading for less than $10 right now – that could actually CRUSH the market this year, no matter WHAT happens. [Click here to see what I’ve discovered now.]( Remember FOMOing into Facebook’s cryptocurrency, Libra? Yeah, me neither. But that hasn’t stopped Facebook from continued efforts at reinventing itself. Earlier this year, just as the politicians began really rattling the cages about breaking up Big Tech -- if only to show you what a real dog and pony show looks like -- Facebook Inc. announced it wanted it to become a... ‘metaverse company.’ Just this week, Zuck Inc. made it official. The Zuckerverse cometh. “At least,” Tae Kim writes for Bloomberg, “that’s the story its management wants everyone to believe after a flurry of interviews and announcements over the past couple of weeks.” It’s yet another narrative, says Kim, that Facebook is using to put itself at the bleeding edge of innovation… again. We agree with Kim: “I’m skeptical.” WTH is the Metaverse? The metaverse is a leap from 2D internet to 3D internet. And… yes… on the face of it, given the current state of Big Tech, the idea can seem a bit creepy. Especially since every depiction of virtual worlds in science fiction is set against a backdrop of dystopia. In fact, the term “metaverse” originated with author Neal Stephenson in his 1992 dystopian novel Snow Crash. In the book, the metaverse is a virtual space where people interact with one another through user-controlled avatars. (Another pop-culture example: Ready Player One.) Venture capitalist Matthew Ball has written on the main attributes of a metaverse, mainly a fully-functioning pseudonymous economy, always on and always live, and that it offers interoperability between all digital assets, content, and items. Tae Kim puts it like this: “Think of it as a futuristic version of an always-on multiplayer video game where you can play, socialize or even run a moneymaking business in a realistic computer-generated environment.” And Zuckerberg, during an interview with The Verge, said this: “The metaverse is an embodied internet, where instead of just viewing content -- you are in it. And you feel present with other people as if you were in other places, having different experiences that you couldn’t necessarily do on a 2D app or webpage, like dancing, for example, or different types of fitness.” As Jeffrey Tucker points out, it can’t help but feel a bit creepy in light of the past 18 months: “People have never been more hungry to get away from digital everything and get back to real life. This accounts for why airports are so full, bars and restaurants are jam-packed despite CDC warnings, and why so many people are desperate to get back to classrooms and offices.” In our minds, any metaverse worth having would wrest control from the digital behemoths, bringing power back to the individual: “Not,” says Tucker, “with the purpose of displacing the physical world but rather providing a more humane integration between the physical and digital, one that behaves in ways that replicate the world we love.” --------------------------------------------------------------- [Recommended Article] [Fixed Windows Theory | Laissez Faire Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- If You Missed Tesla’s Epic Run – [Do NOT MISS This!]( [starlink]( Tesla surged a whopping 695% in 2020, everyone’s wondering… Can Elon Musk do it again? It’s anyone’s guess. But one thing’s for sure… It pays to follow what Elon Musk is up to. 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On this, Tucker says: “There is something important to the vision of a metaverse future – not to further disembody us from the world, but rather to bring humane individualism to the digital experience. If its progress tracks that of blockchain technology generally, we shouldn’t be looking at legacy institutions to drive the progress. That Facebook will have much at all to do with building the next generation of immersive digital experiences is highly in doubt.” With the rise of disintermediating tech, the Zuckerverse, like Libra, is doomed to fall by the wayside. (Don’t worry. Zuck will probably be fine.) For you, opportunities abound. Keep in mind, the metaverse will require a slew of innovation from all corners of the infosphere: blockchain, VR, semiconductors, software applications, and much more. So, who then is ahead of this massive trend of reinventing the net? And how can you invest? 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