Mark Zuckerberg
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So I don't think we want to run away from that and just spend all day on a screen.
And that's like, you know, it's one of the reasons why I care so much about helping to shape and accelerate these future computing platforms.
I just think this is so powerful.
And it's, you know, even though...
The current version of this is like you're wearing a headset.
I just think this is going to be by far the most human and social computing platform that has ever existed.
And that's what makes me excited.
But there are a lot of social and psychological things that go along with that
experience that was previously only physical presence, right?
I think that there's like an intimacy, a trust, you know, there's a level of communication because so much of communication is non-verbal and is based on expressions that you're kind of, you know, you're sharing with someone when you're in this kind of
environment.
And before those things would have only been possible had I gotten on a plane and flown to Austin and sat physically with you in the same place.
So I think we're basically shortcutting those laws of physics and delivering the social and psychological benefits of being able to be present and feel like you're there with another person, which I think are real benefits.
And
to anyone in the world.
And I think that that, like you said, I mean, I think that is going to be a very profound thing.
And that a lot of that is, you know, that's the promise of, of the metaverse and what, you know, why, you know, I, I just, well, I think that that's the next frontier for, for what we're working on.
You know, I started working on,
social networks when they were primarily text or the first version of Facebook, your profile, you know, you had one photo and the rest of it was like lists of things that you were interested in.
And, and then we kind of went through the period where we're doing photos and now we're kind of in the period where most of the content is video, but it's,