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David Pierce
“You’re in it right now.”

Reading Tim Cook’s thoughts on what the metaverse is, I couldn’t stop thinking about Hank Green’s tweet from January. And I think he’s right. The always-on VR metaverse? No thanks. The non-VR metaverse? That’s just... life now!

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