Comments on: Hype, or “Everything old is new again” http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/08/19/hype-or-everything-old-is-new-again/ What's going to go wrong in our e-enabled world? Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Tom Fuller http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/08/19/hype-or-everything-old-is-new-again/#comment-2038 Tom Fuller Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:02:24 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/08/19/hype-or-everything-old-is-new-again/#comment-2038 I think it is useful to talk about Second Life, if we all keep in mind the idea that it's a Beta version of a concept that will undoubtedly emerge. The issues I would like to see discussed regarding Second Life include (but are not limited to) What kind of difference can an avatar-driven lifestyle make for the disabled? What role can SL and its successors play in education and training? Our societies have become increasingly individualized, with family units growing smaller and f2f friendships fewer. Will SL type worlds exacerbate this or provide an alternative? I have a friend who lives online. She's intelligent, empathetic, hard-working and pays great attention to detail. She's obese and has a bad complexion. Living online allows her to function without exposing herself. On the one hand, living online increases her comfort level and ability to live and work. On the other hand, it reduces any need for her to work on serious issues. Is living online helping her or killing her, or both? I think it is useful to talk about Second Life, if we all keep in mind the idea that it’s a Beta version of a concept that will undoubtedly emerge. The issues I would like to see discussed regarding Second Life include (but are not limited to)
What kind of difference can an avatar-driven lifestyle make for the disabled?
What role can SL and its successors play in education and training?
Our societies have become increasingly individualized, with family units growing smaller and f2f friendships fewer. Will SL type worlds exacerbate this or provide an alternative?
I have a friend who lives online. She’s intelligent, empathetic, hard-working and pays great attention to detail. She’s obese and has a bad complexion. Living online allows her to function without exposing herself. On the one hand, living online increases her comfort level and ability to live and work. On the other hand, it reduces any need for her to work on serious issues.
Is living online helping her or killing her, or both?

]]> By: William Heath http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/08/19/hype-or-everything-old-is-new-again/#comment-2023 William Heath Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:24:26 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/08/19/hype-or-everything-old-is-new-again/#comment-2023 Yes, I'm sure there is a Blindside question of "Appropriate scale" "Ideal World" does sound a bit odd (especially to those of us who have spent years thinking baout Ideal Government). You have to be sceptical about SL to make sense of its limits, and the ideal world has flowers in it. Yes, I’m sure there is a Blindside question of “Appropriate scale”

“Ideal World” does sound a bit odd (especially to those of us who have spent years thinking baout Ideal Government). You have to be sceptical about SL to make sense of its limits, and the ideal world has flowers in it.

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