Living in a Virtual World
by bcourey ~ July 13th, 2010. Filed under: Uncategorized.As I sit here yet again in front of my computer with several tabs opened, I wonder about the Virtual World – Here I am, tweeting on Twitter, updating my profile on Facebook, posting on my online course with colleagues I have never met at the other side of the country, and checking my email besides…Am I living in a virtual world?
When was the last time I picked up the telephone and actually spoke to someone in person? Not sure I remember…but I chat constantly online, in the virtual world. I read blogs from strangers I have never met, watched YouTube videos of unfamiliar faces, yet I feel as though they are in my living room with me. I am followed by strangers, I follow strangers, I move from link to link as others walk amongst the crowds at a cocktail party. …Am I living in a virtual world? Absolutely. Does it worry me? Not at all.