In many ways, we’re living in the world that Mark Zuckerberg built. No other person is as responsible for social media ’s rapid ascendance into ubiquity over the last two decade. The platforms he runs — Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp — see more than 3 billion users total every day, and create billions in quarterly profit for corporate parent Meta.

During Meta's earnings calls, Mark Zuckerberg intimated that not having smart glasses would put people at a disadvantage compared with those who do.