Comments on: Second Life: do you have one?

By: Daniel Kim

Daniel Kim — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:16:33 +0000

I read that the IRS is looking at ways to tax virtual earnings.

Given that one principle dear to the U.S. is “no taxation without representation”, will congressional field offices be far behind?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:33:16 +0000

No, it means you are not deserving of a life! I wonder where the limits are in how much of our lives we can healthily invest on-line. I’m afraid we’re destined to find out.

By: Kelly Cockrell

Kelly Cockrell — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:12:35 +0000

Mar: That sort of attitude begs the question, “If you can’t afford to own a car, you don’t deserve to go anywhere?” Come on, it’s free to have an SL accoun and to walk around and you don’t have to buy anything to have a free-standing, free-thinking avatar. If you don’t have a computer at home, you can go to the library or an internet cafe, just as you would if you needed to use a typewriter or word processor to create a resume. (And yes if you don’t have one of those, you probably won’t be able to GET a job, sorry.) But if you DON’T have a car you can take the bus.

I personally would be quite pleased if we didn’t have to have any of these devices in order to function, but unfortunately, society dictates that we utilize technology as it presents itself. Fortunately, there still exists some government programs that help us to use these tools in order to function without having to buy into the indefatigable consumption.

By: Mar

Mar — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:04:25 +0000

I’m not particularly happy with this turn of events. Does it mean that if you can’t afford to have a computer at home (or to spend lots of time and money in your avatar) you don’t deserve having a job?