Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse losses pass $40 billion. Here's why that's suddenly OK.

• Meta has so far lost more than $40 billion on metaverse projects and expects to lose more.
• Mark Zuckerberg is holding fast to his sense that "this is the direction the world is going in."
• Suddenly, Wall Street is feeling more forgiving. Here's why.

Wall Street is starting to come to terms with the massive amount of money Mark Zuckerberg keeps pouring into the metaverse.