Comments on: Second Life Is Faster Than Real Life http://www.dotdust.com/second-life-is-faster-than-real-life-252.htm An Innovation Weblog Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:19:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: AG http://www.dotdust.com/second-life-is-faster-than-real-life-252.htm/comment-page-1#comment-10578 AG Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:05:16 +0000 http://www.dotdust.com/second-life-is-faster-than-real-life-252.htm#comment-10578 Steve, I agree. The main point is that you can easily get a third life very easily. You can start over again at no price. Slightly different from what happens in Real Life. At least one thing is slow in SL as in RL: making money. :-) Steve, I agree.

The main point is that you can easily get a third life very easily. You can start over again at no price.

Slightly different from what happens in Real Life.

At least one thing is slow in SL as in RL: making money. :-)

]]> By: Steve Warner http://www.dotdust.com/second-life-is-faster-than-real-life-252.htm/comment-page-1#comment-10577 Steve Warner Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:40:02 +0000 http://www.dotdust.com/second-life-is-faster-than-real-life-252.htm#comment-10577 I think the key learning from this is that, although SL mirrors RL, everything in SL happens quicker. You meet people quicker, you visit more places quicker, you have many more experiences in a much shorter timeframe. Even in real life, you have almost certainly collected many business cards and contacts, but you probably only interact with a small proportion of them on a regular basis, and over time, if they are not interesting to you, you delete them or file them. The reason for this happening in SL, I think, is that it is easier to create something, change it or even delete it. You can create a shop, try something and then delete it - it's so easy and with almost zero risk. Real life is not the same, and there's generally a trade-off to be considered. I think the key learning from this is that, although SL mirrors RL, everything in SL happens quicker. You meet people quicker, you visit more places quicker, you have many more experiences in a much shorter timeframe.

Even in real life, you have almost certainly collected many business cards and contacts, but you probably only interact with a small proportion of them on a regular basis, and over time, if they are not interesting to you, you delete them or file them.

The reason for this happening in SL, I think, is that it is easier to create something, change it or even delete it. You can create a shop, try something and then delete it - it’s so easy and with almost zero risk. Real life is not the same, and there’s generally a trade-off to be considered.

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