The only problem with american children excelling academically is that they will be smarter. I am all for the cultivation of the intellect but i believe that the powers that be are NOT. who would believe the 911 myth if they all genuinely understood the laws of physics? nobody. and the bottom line is that if our government needs to tell a really big lie to further an agenda, they need the people they are deceiving to either be thoroughly uneducated or in a distracted into complacency. it's not paranoid or pessimistic, it's the way things are. the only solution is to be educated enough to encourage and assist your own child in their education process.
why knock something instead of seeking out its positive aspects? "games" like these "furry playgrounds" are amazing networking tools. a guitar player in brazil can write music with a drummer in sweden as though they were in the same room. how can you not be excited about the nature of these "clones"? international creativity is only a tiny sliver of the networking spectrum. think about the possibility of a virtual real estate industry where people purchase virtual space to occupy, rent, or sell for real money (just like putting items found in mmorpg's on ebay for other players to pay real money for). there are many exciting possibilities for this "technology", so why be lethargic and narrow minded about it?
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The only problem with american children excelling academically is that they will be smarter. I am all for the cultivation of the intellect but i believe that the powers that be are NOT. who would believe the 911 myth if they all genuinely understood the laws of physics? nobody. and the bottom line is that if our government needs to tell a really big lie to further an agenda, they need the people they are deceiving to either be thoroughly uneducated or in a distracted into complacency. it's not paranoid or pessimistic, it's the way things are. the only solution is to be educated enough to encourage and assist your own child in their education process.
why knock something instead of seeking out its positive aspects? "games" like these "furry playgrounds" are amazing networking tools. a guitar player in brazil can write music with a drummer in sweden as though they were in the same room. how can you not be excited about the nature of these "clones"? international creativity is only a tiny sliver of the networking spectrum. think about the possibility of a virtual real estate industry where people purchase virtual space to occupy, rent, or sell for real money (just like putting items found in mmorpg's on ebay for other players to pay real money for). there are many exciting possibilities for this "technology", so why be lethargic and narrow minded about it?