Elvis is back, Simon Cowell is performing opera, and my Twitter has been completely divided over the AGT deepfake technology act. Deepfakes are getting scarily good.

The revelation that Meta had allowed sharing children's personal contact details on Instagram is outrageous. Our GenZ are growing up as digital natives. During the build of Web3, the metaverse and beyond, we must ask: How can we ensure that it will be safer than the internet?

I’m so proud to announce that I’ve been appointed to the advisory board of the Metaverse Fashion Council.
When we launched our BRIAR PRESTIDGE - The Label spin-off NFT power suit collection for avatars, at the World’s First Metaverse Fashion Week, it was with a deep understanding that fashion and creatives would and could drive this space.

Over the years, I’ve come to understand that the comfort zone isn’t always a happy place. Yes, it’s a place of ‘comfort’ but it’s also a place where goals don’t get achieved and dreams never happen. The comfort zone inhibits our desires and passions from turning into reality. Yes, change can be terrifying because it involves taking risks. But our lives will only change when we become more committed to our dreams than we are to our comfort zones.

We will look back at the years when people walked down the street, necks bent, staring down at little screens in their hands as an absurdly primitive way to interact with information... Humans have just worn augmented reality contact lenses for the first time, and I’d like to pre-order my pair.

Has the time come for founders to be held more accountable for the billions of dollars that are being poured into their companies? Are billionaire businessmen busier chasing investments rather than sustaining their firms’ actual purpose, product, processes, and people – in terms of both employees and customers? Or is there another side to this coin?