reality future. so what exactly is the metaverse? and how soon before we are all living in it? well, joining me to discuss all of that is my panel of guests. nicola millard is a presenter, writer and principal innovation partner at bt. nicola, what is a principal innovation partner and why does bt need one? good question, well, i used to be bt s futurologist and i got very tired of the crystal balljokes. i do have one, it doesn t work. but my role is i am part of bt s innovation team. i am here to innovate with and for our customers. very good. lauren goode is a senior writer at wired. lauren, you host the get wired podcast. what sort of thing does that cover? the get wired podcast, we highlight some of wired s most impactful stories and we kind of explore the intersection of technology and humanity. that s the best way i would describe it. we will hear a bit more from you and nicola slightly later on in the show. also with us today is madhumita murgia. european tech correspo
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the get wired podcast, we highlight some of wired s most impactful stories, and we kind of explore the intersection of technology and humanity. that s the best way i would describe it. we will hear a bit more from you and nicola slightly later on in the show. also with us today is madhumita murgia. european tech correspondent at the financial times. maddie, you have been spending a lot of your time following silicon valley at the moment. yes, that s right. we have been part of quite a big i project looking at several hundred documents that were leaked - from facebook, and so we have kind of, it s been a team effort. people have been looking . at them and analysing them together as a group. and last but definitely not least, is emily birnbaum, tech lobbying reporter at politico. so, emily, let s start with you because as maddie just said facebook has been doing a lot of lobbying and pr this past week. we have heard whistle blower former facebook employee frances haugen has bee
now on bbc news.it s time for the media show. hello, it s been another bad week for facebook. on monday, the world s biggest news brands published a coordinated series of stories all based on whistle blower frances haugen and her trove of leaked documents. so, how did haugen, a product manager come to have such a strong media pr and support? and has anything new been revealed this week? and whilst facebook might be facing difficulties in the real world, that has not stopped them investing heavily in an alternative reality future. so what exactly is the metaverse? and how soon before we are all living in it? well, joining me to discuss all of that is my panel of guests. nicola millard is a presenter, writer and principal innovation partner at bt. nicola, what is a principal innovation partner and why does bt need one? good question, well, i used to be bt s futurologist and i got very tired of the crystal ball jokes. i do have one, it doesn t work. but my role is i am part of b