Metaverse: Virtual Utopia Or Technocratic Nightmare?

The Pied Pipers of Big Tech are seducing the world into an immersive virtual reality. It creates a blend of The Matrix, Ready Player One and lawless wild west anarchy where anything goes. Worse, it will blur the distinctions between reality and fantasy, rewiring the brain and changing way the mind responds to situations. ⁃ TN EditorThe tech world has been overtaken by the seductive idea of a virtual utopia, but what’s on offer looks more like a late-capitalist technocratic nightmare