The announcement of Facebook becoming meta has piqued my interest. I have since read and watched everything I can on it. This research got me a bit intrigued. I am now nervous, annoyed, and slightly excited. I have been active in virtual worlds since 2008. I was even pretty addicted to them at one time. I feel this experience gives me a different perspective than most. Metaverse isn't new! This is annoying me. The metaverse and virtual worlds aren't new. I joined Second life in 2008. There is of course VRchat, Fortnite, as well as, many others. The way he presented meta came off like he was introducing something new. Most of what he talked about is already here in some form or another. The things that aren't are a ways off. Even by his admission. Virtual reality can be extremely intense. In VR you can be anything, do anything, and have anything you want. It is a place where anything is possible, and the only thing real is your emotions. This world can be very overwhel...
My former job just announced they are closing their Owensboro location. After a conversation with a manager I knew they would closed in 10 years. But they didn't even make to five year. I guess covid helped spurred it on faster. They opened their doors in 2017. I was one of their first hires. When I started, the building wasn't even finished yet. They had to be train everyone at a nearby college. I truly thought myself lucky by getting that job, and felt very proud to be working for them. They made it out like it was this great and wonderful job. They made it out like this was the best thing to happen to Owensboro and we where on the ground floor of it. At the time believed every bit of it. One thing I noticed, was that a lot of managers were people from others areas, that had closed down. I did finally get to ask one of the managers about why theirs closed. She said, it was because they couldn't find people to work anymore. As they don't like to rehire, and they...
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