The Second Life and South Park Guitar World presentations were really interesting . Most people in the world are craving to be someone else, have another job, have another spouse.....or be good at something like the guitar, be a part of a rock-band. This alter-reality is allowing these individuals to experience these things....without going through the usual steps of the real world. People can flirt without getting rejected...People can have sex without the thought of an STD (who knows, maybe there are "cyber stds") People can pretend they are playing guitar without knowing the true feel of strumming your fingers across the strings. What is this doing to our society? In some ways I see positive aspects. For many who can't afford to go out dancing or are too busy to find time to flirt...yes, this might be an option. Some are getting the fulfillment that they've always needed in their lives. Maybe depression/anxiety will decrease. There's a scary element to this as well. People not actually "living"... people not taking the proper steps to get themselves out of their boring engagement and actually have the balls to end it. I guess some people aren't having to do the work anymore to reach any goal in life....it all seems a little too easy. Where's the catch?
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Hey there,
Couldn't agree with you more on your take on SecondLife. What is think is important to note is the in the presentation the majority of the people that "Juanes" interviewed realized that SecondLife is not their real life. And for most of them, this is why they like it. What becomes an issue is when the participants begin to believe that this virtual life is real.
Posted by el palta | December 4, 2007 8:51 PM
Posted on December 4, 2007 20:51