Virtual Worlds: No Interface To Design

Bricken, M. 1991. Virtual worlds: no interface to design. In Cyberspace: First Steps, M. Benedikt, Ed. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 363-382.

I real much grip alongside this statement: “Creating a World: giving flat to intention, manifesting a dream, visualizing the unseen… this is a chore for the gods, is it not? We are solely human, just every bit nosotros prepare this engineering scientific discipline in addition to cook worlds for private in addition to social use, nosotros assume sure enough responsibilities” (378).

Ditto this one: “There is no dubiousness that internet in addition to virtual basis engineering scientific discipline are empowering; just just who is existence empowered? This is, inward part, a pattern decision” (378). But what I’m to a greater extent than interested inward is the way inward which sure enough IDEAS in addition to CONCEPTS in addition to WORLDVIEWS are empowered inward a higher house others. These, too, are pattern decisions; in addition to nosotros postulate to brand these decisions responsibly.

Finally, Bricken’s chapter has suggested to me a methodology that is appropriate to this project: “Adopting what inward Zen is referred to every bit beginner’s hear agency approaching internet without preconception, resisting the temptation to explicate this novel engineering scientific discipline inward damage of previous technology” (380). If I’m going to brand spiritual technology, I should maybe laid out from this spiritual house of Zen beginner’s mind.