Current consensus is that Mark Zuckerberg is an evil billionaire. A contrarian view would be this: Zuckerberg is an anti-hero who, in an unprecedented position of power, advances technological progress and well-being.
Take the metaverse—a bundle of interesting ideas that are, more or less, already happening (VR, AR, crypto, NFTs, and so on). It’s easy to mock, but what if we’re wrong that it’s a dumb idea? What if it’s a useful abstraction that fosters a new kind of digital economy that creates opportunity for more people?