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The great escape

There has been a spate of posts about the balance between First and Second Life lately, an eery echo to worries and thoughts of my own. But the question of balance only leads to the question why we are in Second Life, and what we want to take out of it. And while we often discuss how, and why we leave this world for good, we rarely dwell on the question that maybe should have been asked first: why bother with the effort of two lives at all? Why come to Second Life, and stay? I have an answer to offer, thought I’m not sure it will prove all that popular…

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So say I all

Taking a look back at some recent debates, as well as some very personal talks I have had lately, I have come to wonder if the key to the virtual is not letting go of our concept of identity. Read what I mean.

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