The (Mental) Map is Not The Territory.
The Graphic Novel LOGICOMIX tells the tale of the obsessive pursuit by European logicians of an all-encompasing mathematics. The book weaves the tortuous evolution of mathematical theory within a compelling human story of idealism, passion and madness.
It is a cautionary parable for those of us pushing boundaries on the personal and business frontiers of virtual worlds. [...]
The Intellectual nonProperty Sutra aka Gospel of The Word
I was inspired to write this after viewing an excerpt of a lecture by Jay Rosen of NYU on the Ethic of the Link.
IBefore the beginning The Nameless was. Infinite. Timeless. Whole.In the beginning there was The Word. The Word birthed Humankind.The Word was Humankind. And it was good.
IIFor 10,000 years The Word was [...]
Getting Back to the Ventriloquism Thread – Art and Artist
After slight detour, I’m back on ventriloquism and virtual identity path, reading The Origin of the Work of Art by Martin Heidegger. Please note that the circle you see in this image was created entirely within your mind.
Exploring the (un)reality of virtual life: Part 1
SL is an empathy box. It sorts those who can treat others as real, as feeling beings, as autonomous people, from those who can only treat others as tools…[Second Life] does separate the few who stay from the many who don’t. And one boundary between them, I believe, is empathy – is the ability to [...]
Listen: Botgirl Questi has become unstuck in time
I spent hours viewing and re-viewing time lapse footage over the course of creating my recent video. Its psychoactive influence is still unfolding within my consciousness.
When I am stuck in time,everything appears solid and individuated;A tree is just a tree.When I am unstuck in time,I perceive that the tree includes the entire universe:The seed it [...]
Real Life? What’s that?
I don’t know why, but I’ve been obsessed all day with trying to pin down a definition of reality that makes sense to me. I realize there have been countless philosophers throughout human history who have wrestled with the question, but the advent of virtual worlds adds a new dimension to consider.
The term “real life” [...]
The emptiness of Second Life relationships
I don’t mean emptiness in a bad way, but emptiness in its Buddhist definition as the true nature of reality. No matter how many facts we’ve gathered about someone, the image of them that we weave together is still just a projection with more holes than substance. Facts don’t tell us who they are, [...]
