It's a painful reference, but consider the mass shootings carried out by teenagers and tweens. They get their guns from here and there, but they train for the event on video games where the player moves through a virtual environment with an assault rifle, gunning down pop-up foes.

Then they go out into the real world and carry it out.

My takeaway...their real world and virtual world have foggy boundaries. They spend a lot of time in both. This upcoming metaverse will be more of the same. (hopefully not murders) I'm not sure that they will care whether their music is coming from a human, hologram or virtual image in a metaverse. All are real and none are real in a foggy mind. After all...I've decided that I am a girl today.

There are still horses and buggies to be found. Mostly in downtowns at night as a novelty reminder of a bygone era. wink
As for "talent?" It is my belief that anything can be quantified and emulated.
As for rebounding with new youth?...I agree, but for the first time ever, you may not need humans to get things done.

I dunno Eddie. I just watch and wonder.

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