i often hear this frustration, been hit by it first-hand and am just recovering
my keys to overcoming this frustration:
* capture (focus on) the joy of doing math; this doesn't get better the more you know (i'd argue, to the contrary); a child figuring out that 2+2 = 3+1 is as profoundly moved as Tao doing his most advanced ones
* be responsible and figure out what parts of the maths journey have lastingly influenced your way of thinking about the world; if you trust math is really beautiful or "it's the language of the universe" or something, then it _must_ have an influence on how you see things; not because of the theorems, but because of the practice; isolate this, nurture it
The author seems to be falling for a kind of a fallacy.
First, I can’t believe the author can call the metaverse bs because it would be nonexistent or would soon die: it is already nascent and seems to be growing by the mere fact people (some of them influential) are pushing for it, as he points out himself.
Consequently, we are left with an ethical viewpoint: internet of text has more virtues than vr or blockchain, games are more creative (thus, beautiful?) if closed worlds, etc. Allow me to call is the “down to earth” viewpoint.
I should also mention the calling out on private interests driving the metaverse developments, but allow me to stay concise.
I can definitely relate to it, but, in some sense, this criticism sounds like a lack of respect for future humans who might feel like this metaverse thing is actually improving their lives. It’s a bit like criticizing a religion in front of a believer: that’s rude and often not conclusive.
At that point or the discourse (as a better conclusion to the article), I’d be more interested by reading some ideas to concretely promote a different vision for the future of the internet and games.
What else can we suggest, as programmers, designers, … that could be convincing to people to follow the “down to earth” path?
my keys to overcoming this frustration:
* capture (focus on) the joy of doing math; this doesn't get better the more you know (i'd argue, to the contrary); a child figuring out that 2+2 = 3+1 is as profoundly moved as Tao doing his most advanced ones
* be responsible and figure out what parts of the maths journey have lastingly influenced your way of thinking about the world; if you trust math is really beautiful or "it's the language of the universe" or something, then it _must_ have an influence on how you see things; not because of the theorems, but because of the practice; isolate this, nurture it