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The Virtual Town Square

Life Index and Dream Incubator

  • Home: The Square
  • The Monastery
  • The Church
  • The Shops
  • The University
  • The Station
  • The Library
  • The Caffè
  • The Hotel

Home: The Square

The Virtual Town Square is a geographical metaphor that serves as an index to aspects of my life. Not as convenient as a site map, but like a new city, more fun to explore and get lost in. While this is a website, I have also built an actual 3D virtual world that you can explore at Pirate’s Atoll.

This Virtual Metaphorical World also serves another purpose.  It is a place of thought experiments - a place to prototype the activities of life before the more serious investments of energy that is required to build them in real space.  For example, it is easier to create a model university and create a catalog of study guides, than it is to create a campus of real estate.  In some cases, a virtual place or activity is sufficient to achieve what is needed.  This will be more the case as more of our lives become virtualized.

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