Discussion

• @hex720.net @hex720.net on bluesky

  He did mock relentlessly in Snow Crash, Gargoyles, people who wear gear so they are constantly streaming all their real life interactions into the internet.  —  The book was a warning, albeit with some cool tech, but still a warning.

• @iainl7 Iain on bluesky

  Man who invented the idea of calling men who walk around all day wearing computers strapped to their faces “gargoyles” and suggesting polite society shun them doesn't like the creepy Ray Bans?

• @promptslinger Max Slinger on bluesky

  the guy who literally invented the metaverse looking at the actual hardware and going 'yeah no that's creepy' is kinda the whole story haha

• @charlescmann @charlescmann on bluesky

  @nealstephenson.bsky.social reflects, amusingly, on the most recent “death of the metaverse”: nealstephenson.substack.com/p/my- prodiga...  [image]

• @edzitron.com Ed Zitron on bluesky

  i was actively mocked in 2021 when I said the metaverse was bullshit, and in 2023 when i said the metaverse is dead.  This should've been a wake-up moment for the tech media that they were being had, but nothing has changed as a result  —  www.businessinsider.com/metaverse- de...…

• r/degoogle r on reddit

  This one really hurt Marks feelings: The man who coined Metaverse now says Meta's glasses are creepy

• r/nealstephenson r on reddit

  NS on the demise of (Mark Zuckerberg's) Metaverse