Posted by Luke in Life problems are those things that follow us around because we make our own problems. The popular web game SecondLife is starting to gain more criticism from mainstream articles like the times for example because of some of the problems it is supposedly creating. When I read this article I felt like this was a great time to expand on the nature of what a problem really is.
In second life we all create virtual worlds and trade in a simulated version of reality. However, the problems that are coming out of SecondLife are not related to the program they are related to the people that surround it and make it popular. To say that the program ’causes’ these problems is the same as saying: it was programmed wrong. Take for example the issue with people exchanging child sex photos. That is a serious problem. However, the platform is not to blame for this, the sick people who trade the photos are to blame. They have simply found another way to spread their crap to more corners of the globe. The irony is that the problems of life have followed us into SecondLife.
The promise of new technology is always interesting and fun. However, when it goes bad people always point the finger at the technology without thinking about the people behind the technology that create the problems in their own minds. This world of virtual reality replicates our own so well that the problems we deal with in this life with deal with in our second life.
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