The digital industry is heavily imbibing the latest liquor: the metaverse. Being called the Next Internet, this aspirational entity seeks the convergence of the virtual and real worlds and the utilization of all digital technologies to parallel real-world experiences with virtual experiences. Definitions and descriptions of such a metaverse vary widely and seem to be getting developed on the fly. But they do share a desire to combine gaming, social media, e-commerce, communications, employment, entertainment, data and as much of daily life as can be squeezed into one site. A metaverse seeks to circumvent proprietary “garden walls” and open the digital world for all entities and individuals. This Next Internet promises a stable virtual realm where users can do an amazing array of activities in the middle of today’s confused and uncertain physical realm, where individuals are limited in their capabilities, and that could well be the reason for its current allure.