Has Congress had a single hearing about the Metaverse? If polled right now I’d guess 80% wouldn’t know what it is. Probably should get on it rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
People are dropping the cost of a real house $450K to speculate on land in virtual worlds. Billion dollar corporations rushing into the marketplace. Is there any semblance of regulation?
Seems like we’re well on our way to a society that will completely live within some headset world. “I live next door to Snoop!” said in total seriousness as someone lays on their couch in a studio apartment in Tulsa.
Also, the contrarian take, which I subscribe to, there will be entire communities that commit to the “nature world” and pay to do it. Life sans screens or at least a communities where people interact in person and go outside.
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To recap--this car was 100 ft from going over the falls. In high winds, rescuer was lowered into the river from chopper, opened the window with an ax, rescued occupant. All tweeted in real time by @buffaloscribe
Fun exercise—if you grew up as a kid in the early 90s watching the #Braves on TBS because you were a MLB addict—how many players from that golden era can you name without Google? 1991-1995. I got 15.
Otis Nixon. Terry Pendleton. Sid Bream. David Justice. Greg Olson. Maddux, Glavine, Avery, Smoltz, Kent Merker, Mark Wohlers. Mark Lemke. Jeff Blauser. Ron Gant. Brian Hunter.
Very proud of the Jeff Blauser pull. I couldn’t tell you what I had for lunch yesterday but I remember Blauser crushing as a shortstop.
Morning @tedcruz —I know facts are foreign in your office BUT #Nantucket public schools are now majority minority. “The transformation has been driven largely by families arriving on the island from Central America, in particular El Salvador” n-magazine.com/learning-curve/
Nantucket has a long history of welcoming people from all backgrounds. Including present day— “Today, more than eleven different languages and seventeen different countries are represented within Nantucket’s schools.”
Started listening to @samfendermusic 2 years ago after I came across this piece. New album is fantastic! If you’re a @springsteen fan, especially on the younger side of the spectrum, check him out. He’s got that “Darkness” energy in his own brilliant way. rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…
I’ve heard from a few friends in the start-up space that sell actual tangible products that this change by Apple has significantly disrupted their business. cnbc.com/2021/09/24/app…
They can no longer effectively target their ads or data mine etc. Feels like something that Congress should at least study in greater detail. One giant company kneecapping another in the name of “privacy” leads to thousands of small businesses in the middle getting hurt. #BigTech
In 2021, social media ads are basically the Main St billboard for a lot of small direct to consumer companies. They shouldn’t be caught in the crosshairs of big tech fights. At the very least Congress should study the issue more extensively.
From mom @maureen_orth 2002: No matter who controls #Afghanistan, its opium crop- 70% of world's supply-is creating narco-societies the author discovers the extent of the region's drug corruption, which may prove more destructive than any terrorist threat archive.vanityfair.com/article/2002/3…
Nothing has really changed since then. With the USA leaving, the drug routes just become easier for nefarious actors using the guise of religion to control and keep the country in a permanent state of paralysis.