The fact that Facebook launched the Meta thing at a time when they were under scrutiny means they probably hoped to distract from what was putting them in the n

The fact that Facebook launched the Meta thing at a time when they were under scrutiny means they probably hoped to distract from what was putting them in the news, but I don’t think they did it just for that reason. Like, the whole whistleblower thing definitely concerns them and they want it to go away, but it doesn’t feel like enough to warrant conjuring a permanent name change and a whole video manifesto in a week. They were definitely already planning on doing this. It feels likely to me that this is part of a multi-year high level strategy to picot towards VR and crypto. That doesn’t mean I believe in it, I think there’s a lot that’s silly about Meta, and I’m a big believer in the ability of powerful people to do silly and misguided things. That may be what’s happening here. Consider that Jack may not possess any insights about this stuff that aren’t available to us.