Facebook on Monday announced plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to build the "metaverse", a virtual reality version of the internet that the tech giant sees as the future.
Tech companies have now realized that the only way they can provide the infinite growth demanded by capitalism is if they expand into a digital world where all the limitations are imaginary.
And since the investors really do need infinite growth to keep functioning, I think they have to actually go along with this BS.
I'm actually optimistic about all this. If half the capitalist class fucks off into a digital ancap fantasy land, that's fewer of them we have to fight to control things that actually matter.
If half the capitalist class fucks off into a digital ancap fantasy land, that’s fewer of them we have to fight to control things that actually matter.
The capitalist class aren't going to be the ones fucking off into fantasy land, I'm afraid
There's no fun in being a rich asshole if you don't have anyone to push around. They're going to drag you with them into digital ancap land, whether you want to or not.
That meeting at work you have to go to? It will be held in Metaverse. College classes? Go to the ones in the Metaverse, physical presence on campus is a premium experience you can't afford. The only job you're able to get afterwards will be as a NPC in the Metaverse. You want to go to a concert? How will you afford to go in real life, peasant? You will be able to afford it in the Metaverse though.
Tech companies have now realized that the only way they can provide the infinite growth demanded by capitalism is if they expand into a digital world where all the limitations are imaginary.
And since the investors really do need infinite growth to keep functioning, I think they have to actually go along with this BS.
Why eat when you can you buy an NFT of a singing bowl of ramen?
I'm actually optimistic about all this. If half the capitalist class fucks off into a digital ancap fantasy land, that's fewer of them we have to fight to control things that actually matter.
Wasn’t this Nick Land’s idea before he went full reactionary: that if we accelerate capitalism it will fly off somewhere so we can live in peace?
The capitalist class aren't going to be the ones fucking off into fantasy land, I'm afraid
There's no fun in being a rich asshole if you don't have anyone to push around. They're going to drag you with them into digital ancap land, whether you want to or not.
That meeting at work you have to go to? It will be held in Metaverse. College classes? Go to the ones in the Metaverse, physical presence on campus is a premium experience you can't afford. The only job you're able to get afterwards will be as a NPC in the Metaverse. You want to go to a concert? How will you afford to go in real life, peasant? You will be able to afford it in the Metaverse though.