The article provides some pretty good examples of Chomsky's theory of "manufactured consent". FB made sure to set up a charm offensive with the right actors: -

The article provides some pretty good examples of Chomsky's theory of "manufactured consent". FB made sure to set up a charm offensive with the right actors: - 5000wd exclusive TheVerge interview, whose audience are largely FB-skeptics - Obligatory puff piece from the Wall St Journal - McKinsey estimates of economic value - Gartner Consulting (less said the better) It's saying something when the monkey jpeg corporation put forth a use case that actually didn't sound all that delusional relative to what FB themselves were pitching: > "The people behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT company conned the press into believing that uploading someone's digital monkey pictures into VR would be the key to "master the Metaverse."