That’s what confuses me. What does he expect from Mark, understanding the technical details of VR and such? Or not trusting Carmack to do his job well in getting the details right?

He does oscillate between what he believes the company is doing well and what they are not doing well in his view.

I suppose the motivation here is that he does want the metaverse to happen, but he understands that if the company flubb it then it ruins it not just for their company but in the perception of the public’s eye - history is filled with examples of excellent ideas and technology that didn’t take off because they failed to engage the public’s imagination.

I guess this is his way of saying you can’t achieve this by halves.