We aren’t ready for Meta glasses

I tried to understand the Ray-Ban Meta glasses backlash.

Over the past few years, Meta’s smart glasses have gone from a niche gadget to the world’s first mainstream wearable AI device. Millions of users can now capture moments, listen to music, interact with an AI assistant totally hands-free. But the same design that makes them so seamless — glasses that look like regular glasses — has also made them a tool for a new kind of harassment. Content creators have used them to secretly film strangers; women have found footage of themselves online with no idea they were ever recorded. I bought a pair to understand both sides: the genuine appeal of a device that might change how we interact with the world, and the very real harm it's already enabling.