Althouse: Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro talk about the Metaverse. They don't like it.

November 11, 2021

Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro talk about the Metaverse. They don't like it.

25 comments:

rcocean said...: Ben Shapiro? THe Conservative chipmunk.

What happens when you stack Ben Shapiro on top of Joe Rogan?

Answer: Someone who can dunk a basketball.; 11/11/21, 4:25 PM
BudBrown said...: Well, it's been 20 years since a friend visited with his 9 and 7 year olds. I pulled
Odyssey (1st video game home consul, 1971, my dad was a gadget geek and got it for me, it
was pong but had some plastic sheets you'd tape to the tv to add sophistication} out and the kids had a blast playing Pong. OK, maybe only for a few minutes. Maybe the avatars will play
Pong sometimes.; 11/11/21, 4:29 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: And?; 11/11/21, 4:31 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: Joe Rogan said not to use him as a good source for anything. He said he doesn't even trust himself that way. So that's how I treat him.

Why a former law professor wouldn't is bizarre.; 11/11/21, 4:33 PM
William said...: All my life, reality has given me nothing but a hard time. I wouldn't have any objections to retreating into the metaverse, but, based on prior experience, just learning which buttons to push and how to set up the router to get this metaverse thing going, promises to be nothing but more frustration and reality......People didn't used to look like Joe Rogan. Some people are just as inclined to use their free time at the gym instead of on Instagram. Also, the inherent narcissism involved in posting selfies online encourage many people to attempt to look their best....Too late for me, but the porn possibilities of the metaverse are intriguing. I blame my disastrous first marriage on the inaccessibility of quality porn during my youth.; 11/11/21, 4:34 PM
Joe Smith said...: I don't like it either.

But Americans (and people in general) are so stupid I'm sure it will be a success.

Sad when you think about it...; 11/11/21, 4:56 PM
mikee said...: Joe Rogan, the New York Times, the WaPo: so many sources of entertainment that I would NEVER see if I did not visit this blog. Soooo, thanks for that, I guess?

The sunrise pictures are wonderful, I say without reservation, wonderful.; 11/11/21, 5:05 PM
rhhardin said...: I can't even get Facebook to work on my computer.

I like the Mike Lawson (Joe Demarco action series) books though. Not the eternal military blow stuff action or spy blow stuff up that are okay if not too much stuff is blown up on every page. A tiny suggestion of Elmore Leonard in it occasionally, characterwise.

Jason Bourne was a surprise - the books really suck.

Metaverse is likely to have the same problem.; 11/11/21, 5:06 PM
Temujin said...: What's not to like about living in an animated fantasy world run by Zuckerberg?; 11/11/21, 5:12 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: The same way Stern attacked Rogan for being the threat left that could to take away his audience, I can see Rogan feeling threaten by something that may leave his possibly soon to be outdated hook with his audience.

“We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.”; 11/11/21, 5:12 PM
madAsHell said...: I can't decide......is the meta-verse the new Napster, or is it mySpace??; 11/11/21, 5:14 PM
Narr said...: I was prescient. When Pong came out I decided that videogames would take too much time to master, so I never did. Like so much else in this technoverse.; 11/11/21, 5:36 PM
DimWhit said...: Sex with an Oculus?; 11/11/21, 6:19 PM
cubanbob said...: Since everyone has to eat, drink and take a dump there is a hard outer limit to the "metaverse". This so-called problem can only exist in a society wealthy enough to support people who would stay home all day and live their alternate life in cyberspace. People are over thinking the so-called problem.; 11/11/21, 7:55 PM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: Ben Shapiro is wicked smart.; 11/11/21, 8:53 PM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: 4:58 ish - Shapiro makes a great point.; 11/11/21, 8:57 PM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: LOL #ZuckSchumer; 11/11/21, 9:09 PM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: Keeping kids away from the web and TV - that's a smart choice. Those will be our future leaders.; 11/11/21, 9:13 PM
Lars Porsena said...: Just as I’d never want get into a bar fight with Rogan, I’d never want to oppose Shapiro in a debate.; 11/12/21, 7:58 AM
Rollo said...: "Dead Pixels," the British comedy about internet gamers had a prescient take on the coming metaverse. Wear diapers and stockpile pizzas and you may never have to leave your room or the metaverse. But you need to have a strong enough motivation to do so.; 11/12/21, 10:41 AM
Rollo said...: "Dead Pixels," the British comedy about internet gamers had a prescient take on the coming metaverse. Wear diapers and stockpile pizzas and you may never have to leave your room or the metaverse. But you need to have a strong enough motivation to do so.; 11/12/21, 10:41 AM
PM said...: How to introduce the Metaverse: start with free games, then free education, then free travel, then lock it in with porn.; 11/12/21, 11:36 AM
Mark said...: Yeah,his kids won't be on the internet before 18.

Going to be interesting to see how they are going to block all phone and computer access to the internet when schools use email and online class supports.

Sure, you can control what your 7 year old sees... but I doubt all 3 kids will fare well under draconian parenting. My private high performing high school was an intimate lesson in how controlling parents can yield druggies and kids with no ambition other than getting parents off their back.

It is always interesting to hear parents of preschoolers preach about parenting teens.; 11/12/21, 12:44 PM
LA_Bob said...: Their forecasts are a bit dire to my way of thinking. Some people will get very hooked, some will get moderately hooked, some will play from time to time, and some will find other entertainment, probably with real people.

And for most people the novelty will wear off after awhile. No, it's not a healthy trend, but many trends, healthy or not, are self-limiting.

Remember Revenge of the Nerds? Microcomputers made a lot of Asperger-like and un-athletic socially hopeless kids feel better about themselves. Helped a lot of them make good money, too. Things are not black and white.; 11/12/21, 3:51 PM
LA_Bob said...: Lars Porsesna said, "Just as I’d never want get into a bar fight with Rogan, I’d never want to oppose Shapiro in a debate."

With Rogan you'd be asleep almost immediately (I certainly would be -- or dead). With Shapiro you'd be all too aware of being beaten to a pulp.; 11/12/21, 3:55 PM