Ok, I know it is 2 and half hours from when this is due, but I am going to write any way. I agree with Castronova when he says that people do need to care about the large things, not the details. (so much) Online living is becoming a reality, although it may not be the world of SL. It is becoming apparent that getting by without the internet (in some form) is becoming increasingly difficult. People are working from their “home” office, having meetings via teleconference and working with other in real time on the same document from all over the world. This has fundamentally changed how we do things, and yes in some cases it has brought the world closer together. It really has not changed us as human beings. We still have a world full of people who are hungry; we still have war; and the numerous other issues that I actually believed that would be diminished considerably or gone from the society of now. That was over 40 years ago. Just as the “telephone” was going change humans, or mail or any other type of communication would bring us closer as peoples of a planet, it has’nt. You can try to legislate this away….been done before….did not work then….won’t work now. Actually now it is harder to push ideas onto people, because the truth shall be get to them. What happens in real life is going to get onto the virtual world. It is human nature.
