Facebook has almost three billion users, which means that when you make a change to your business, it affects almost half of the planet. Facebook’s ambitions have often manifested themselves in chaotic and unpredictable ways and have had profound social impacts for years after being implemented. Thus, when the company decided to change its brand to Meta and allocate billions of dollars to the construction of its own virtual alternative reality, it is a move that will probably have major consequences, if not more, for Meta itself.
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This week at Gadget Lab we are joined by Shirin Ghaffary of Recode and Alex Heath of The Virgin. The new season of his podcast, Land of the Giants, it’s about transforming Facebook into Meta and what it means for the billions of people on Facebook and the world at large.
Show notes
Listen to the Land of the Giants podcast here or where you listen to podcasts. Read Alex’s interview with Mark Zuckerberg about Facebook’s brand change as a Goal.
Recommendations
Shirin recommends the book Snow shock by Neal Stephenson. Alex recommends the show The bear and Hulu. Lauren recommends Taylor Blake’s TikTok channel and viral videos of her emu, Emmanuel. Mike recommends the book The Whole Earth: Stewart Brand’s Many Livesby John Markoff.
Shirin Ghaffary can be found on Twitter @Shiringhaffary. Alex Heath is @alexeheath. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @snack fight. Bling the main hotline at @GadgetLab. The show is produced by Boone Ashworth (@booneashworth). Our musical theme is from Solar Keys.
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