Don't know if all conceivable versions of "metaverse" are bad, but am pretty sure that any version based on private/corporate ownership of the infrastructure will be nightmarish.
It sorta does. If a VR platform could create any virtual imagined world, then run them concurrently, it would be a space of spaces, or a world of worlds, a universe of universes, or a poor rendition of one.
We don't want it controlled, but I think we do want it governed, not by a single entity maybe, but at least a set of rules or fundamental laws (as in laws of nature, not man). Otherwise it will fall apart as quick as it can be created.
What I fear is that Facebook will just rename itself to Metaverse, and then use its money and legal team to sue anyone who also uses that generic name.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta
"Meta" does NOT mean "Virtual"
Until enough people decide that it does.
Either that or it's where he's originally from.