As he renames Facebook as Meta, Mark Zuckerberg is placing a bold bet on his vision of the future: a techno-utopia where people are connected and live in a virtual universe.
Although this vision of the “metaverse” seems far off in the future, if achievable at all, Zuckerberg is convinced that his 3 billion-strong social network, now arguably the world’s most controversial tech company, must move decisively to capture what he thinks will be the next evolution of the internet.