Nearly five years ago, Mark Zuckerberg told us the future was the metaverse — an idea that seemed to involve all of us strapping on virtual reality goggles and interacting with digital versions of ourselves. Now, reports say Zuckerberg's Meta is bailing on the metaverse after losing more than $80 billion on the project. This is a fun story for people who like stories about Big Tech tripping on itself. But it's not really true. Start with the $80 billion that publications like The New York Times