Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg believes he envisions the future of everyday life. in a podcast With Joe Rogan, imagine a world where everyday objects are replaced by digital replicas. Your television cannot be more than a projection produced by glasses. The workplace would also be transformed; work could now be done in virtual worlds, with people appearing as avatars in conference rooms. the goal it would be to create a more “natural” connection between physical and digital life, and interacting with other people in remote places would be even more fluid.

Convinced of the vision that would come to be called the “metaverse,” Zuckerberg moved to shape his entire company around this new way of life. Facebook had built its great fortune thanks to…