Facebook’s keynote didn’t sit well with me today, and it wasn’t because “Meta’s” ambitions were too grand or unbelievable. I just kept wondering, “is this what we should be aspiring towards?”

Should one of the world’s most valuable companies be focused on creating an embodied internet? I don’t believe it’s conflating problems when one questions a company’s actions and intentions when it holds so much sway over the lives of billions of people around the world.

Even if it isn’t obvious we face more pressing problems, today’s announcement surely sparks societal reflection. Who are we as a species, and where are we going?