[MD] Inorganic, organic, social, intellectual,.... virtual

[Peter Corteen]

Marsha, why not say what you think about Second Life?

You know we could still live like animals; no clothes, houses, computers,...
no possessions (Lennon's dream). All the tools and artifacts that humanity
has produced are dispensable and we would still survive without them;
Quality would still reign supreme but we would have turned away ... and
there would be no MoQ, not even any Greek Gods.

Likewise, Second Life is not necessary but its a phenomenon and it, or
something like it, is here to stay; governments could ban it but ultimately
they would not succeed. In SL a new world order is arising, that may one day
become the brain of Gaia.

What has 'blown me away' the most about SL so far is the sophistication of
the tools for building 'things' there; it is an explosion of creativity and
it is quite possible that some things designed in SL may eventually be
built, in buckminsterfullerene, in the real world. Likewise Social
organisations may develop there which may be taken up in the real world too;
there are so many implications to consider.

-Peter

2008/9/4 MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>

> At 11:07 AM 9/4/2008, you wrote:
>
>> Marsha, you could be a judge in Second Life!
>>
>> But please don't judge it unless you have tried it - that would be
>> prejudice.
>>
>> -Peter
>>
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>
> Peter,
>
> This post you wrote to yourself, not me.
>
> Marsha
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>  2008/9/4 MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net>
>>
>> > At 04:33 AM 9/4/2008, you wrote:
>> >
>> >> A short while ago Krimel posted about an experiment designed to induce
>> an
>> >> out of body experience where subjects get to see themselves from
>> outside
>> >> (behind) themselves; coincidentally, I read some articles recently
>> about
>> >> Second Life ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life) and decided to
>> >> give
>> >> it a try.
>> >>
>> >> Second Life takes you into a virtual world where you can make things,
>> >> teleport and network socially - you do this through your avatar
>> >> (incarnation) and it induces a similar experience described in Krimel's
>> >> experiment. I read that this amasing software was partly developed by a
>> >> team
>> >> of Asperger's sufferers and has gained favour as an empowering tool for
>> >> people with disabilities.
>> >>
>> >> In Second Life you have a body, avatar, but the biological restraints
>> of
>> >> eating, sleeping, relieving etc are removed. This world came out of
>> >> Intellect but to exist there, one quickly learns, depends on conducive
>> >> social interaction. It mirrors the 'real' world and then some. I asked
>> >> others there where they are from in real life and how old they are etc;
>> >> one
>> >> long term user told me that who you are in real life does not matter
>> and
>> >> we
>> >> began a discussion about who is my self.
>> >>
>> >> I had heard of such virtual worlds before and had a dim view; I told
>> some
>> >> family and friends about it and could sense their uncertainty when they
>> >> advised caution; since using the program over the last 10 or so days I
>> >> have
>> >> found myself walking down the real streets of my local town with a
>> smile
>> >> on
>> >> my face. Sad or what?
>> >>
>> >> Anyone else here tried it?
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >>
>> >> -Peter
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > "``Dad?''
>> > ``What?'' A small bird rises from a tree in front of us.
>> > ``What should I be when I grow up?''
>> > The bird disappears over a far ridge. I don't know what to say.
>> ``Honest,''
>> > I finally say. "
>> >
>> >  (ZMM, Chapter 22)
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