ClaimsMark Zuckerberg

“Our hope though is that if we all work at it and within the next decade, the metaverse will reach a billion people, host hundreds of billions of dollars of digital commerce and support jobs for millions of creators and developers.”

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, on stage 28 October 2021 Meta (Facebook) Connect 2021 Metaverse Event Transcript (Rev)

Prediction Technology

Zuckerberg stated a hope, not a firm prediction: that if "we all work at it," within the next decade the metaverse would reach a billion people, host hundreds of billions of dollars of digital commerce and support jobs for millions of creators and developers.

Not yet due The date it refers to has not come.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.

Reasoning

deadline 2031 is after 2026-10-29

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Mark Zuckerberg, “Zuckerberg stated a hope, not a firm prediction: that if "we all work at it," within the next decade the metaverse would reach a billion people, host hundreds of billions of dollars of digital commerce and support jobs for millions of creators and developers.” (said 28 October 2021). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_3b2491ec4e47, method 0.1.0+3f84d14d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_3b2491ec4e47

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