The comments in this thread baffles me, because I thought the Metaverse was doomed from the start, and I think the disconnect is many people believe in the "great man theory."

Mark Zuckerberg didn't create social media: he rode the social media wave. He was the best-positioned competitor, which counts for a lot, but the other conditions had to be there first.

Some seem to think he willed social media into existence -- including himself -- which suggests he'd be able to will the Metaverse into existence too.

But no amount of investment or strategy will make a large fraction of the population want something.