the human need to name things can sometimes cloud the fact that whoever the people decide to put in power is completely irrelevant to the idea of electing for results. they might have good intentions but its also irrelevant.
dont care that its free but wow, beautiful.
i think free, and paid for, are two very diferent things. most of the people i know have never bought software before. its all free online!
to Robocoastie: i agree, its a very biased perception of the SAME EXPERIENCE, it's one of our species' defining qualities and it should be celebrated rather than ridiculed or competed with. i believe creating "worlds within worlds" is a highly utilized and very necessary function of our expression and our freedom. in the urban world we have restrictions all around us, but we will always find a way to venture/pilgrim into our small worlds. anyone who hasn't seen "the thirteenth floor" i would recommend it highly, its like "the matrix" only more accurate.
If anyone has seen "the thirteenth floor" you will know what I mean when I say this.
Computers are in some ways our "offspring" in the sense that we have given computers the abilities that we once naturally possessed. The ability to communicate and in some senses "travel" without physically moving or talking. The ability to shout over large groups of people until they listen. The ability to form communities quickly and powerfully. The ability to know something without asking anyone.
Eventually I predict that we will evolve to the point of reversal, engaging in one of two paths. 1) we will become "bionic" in the sense that we will eventually put computers inside us to perform tasks that we original could do.
2) we will awaken to our true "conscious" selves and activate our dormant abilities that only the minority of "freaks" currently exercise in any provable way.
In all of this, I guess my basic point is I think gaming is an extension of lucid dreaming. We crave it and we will always find a way to create worlds within worlds. It almost safe to say it is part of the reason we exist.
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the human need to name things can sometimes cloud the fact that whoever the people decide to put in power is completely irrelevant to the idea of electing for results. they might have good intentions but its also irrelevant.
dont care that its free but wow, beautiful. i think free, and paid for, are two very diferent things. most of the people i know have never bought software before. its all free online!
to Robocoastie: i agree, its a very biased perception of the SAME EXPERIENCE, it's one of our species' defining qualities and it should be celebrated rather than ridiculed or competed with. i believe creating "worlds within worlds" is a highly utilized and very necessary function of our expression and our freedom. in the urban world we have restrictions all around us, but we will always find a way to venture/pilgrim into our small worlds. anyone who hasn't seen "the thirteenth floor" i would recommend it highly, its like "the matrix" only more accurate.
If anyone has seen "the thirteenth floor" you will know what I mean when I say this. Computers are in some ways our "offspring" in the sense that we have given computers the abilities that we once naturally possessed. The ability to communicate and in some senses "travel" without physically moving or talking. The ability to shout over large groups of people until they listen. The ability to form communities quickly and powerfully. The ability to know something without asking anyone. Eventually I predict that we will evolve to the point of reversal, engaging in one of two paths. 1) we will become "bionic" in the sense that we will eventually put computers inside us to perform tasks that we original could do. 2) we will awaken to our true "conscious" selves and activate our dormant abilities that only the minority of "freaks" currently exercise in any provable way. In all of this, I guess my basic point is I think gaming is an extension of lucid dreaming. We crave it and we will always find a way to create worlds within worlds. It almost safe to say it is part of the reason we exist.