I find this topic fascinating. It is distinctly special to our time and place in the virtual world. We've evolved over thousands of years relying on sound, body language and appearance to evaluate people which are mostly void here.
Many times when I write something to someone it can be political, parental even gender or culture driven. After all, we tend to be drawn to those who are most like ourselves. That has been the case in the past but these days it’s like we almost need a 6th sense.
Let’s say you are talking with a liberal or conservative bias, is the other person on the other side of the screen also liberal/conservative? Are we sure they have the same intentions or are they evaluating us as biased or correct? If you are talking about a female or male gender issue, are you sure the "entity" on the other end is the same gender? How do you know?
I don't think this is a bad thing, although one never knows what the true intention of the other person is. The internet allows us anonymity. Someone like me who uses his name and picture has to be careful about the appearance of my statements. I sometimes would like to have a second more “fuzzy” avatar and name. I could always do that but I wonder why I don’t? I’m not vulnerable or gullible. I've lived in NYC and Los Angeles and been in some of the most dangerous situations but I am still trusting of “mostly” everyone I come across.
I find even with the conversation about the 17 year old that was shot in Florida an almost white/black polarization in the physical world which carried over into the virtual world. We’ve taken our evaluations from our physical world into the virtual world. We carry the mental images and biases along with the narrative. I never know if someone on this forum is black/white/yellow or any other color for that matter. It really doesn’t matter and I think that is an advance in our cognitive and “spiritual” evolution. Are we more color/culture neutral in the space? Being so, are we more understanding and communal?
I thought I would just bring up this conversation on this slow sunny day here in California. Some may think this is somewhat creepy but I think it is a necessity in surviving and flourishing in this ever advancing new world. Did I develop a 6th sense? Did you?
Many times when I write something to someone it can be political, parental even gender or culture driven. After all, we tend to be drawn to those who are most like ourselves. That has been the case in the past but these days it’s like we almost need a 6th sense.
Let’s say you are talking with a liberal or conservative bias, is the other person on the other side of the screen also liberal/conservative? Are we sure they have the same intentions or are they evaluating us as biased or correct? If you are talking about a female or male gender issue, are you sure the "entity" on the other end is the same gender? How do you know?
I don't think this is a bad thing, although one never knows what the true intention of the other person is. The internet allows us anonymity. Someone like me who uses his name and picture has to be careful about the appearance of my statements. I sometimes would like to have a second more “fuzzy” avatar and name. I could always do that but I wonder why I don’t? I’m not vulnerable or gullible. I've lived in NYC and Los Angeles and been in some of the most dangerous situations but I am still trusting of “mostly” everyone I come across.
I find even with the conversation about the 17 year old that was shot in Florida an almost white/black polarization in the physical world which carried over into the virtual world. We’ve taken our evaluations from our physical world into the virtual world. We carry the mental images and biases along with the narrative. I never know if someone on this forum is black/white/yellow or any other color for that matter. It really doesn’t matter and I think that is an advance in our cognitive and “spiritual” evolution. Are we more color/culture neutral in the space? Being so, are we more understanding and communal?
I thought I would just bring up this conversation on this slow sunny day here in California. Some may think this is somewhat creepy but I think it is a necessity in surviving and flourishing in this ever advancing new world. Did I develop a 6th sense? Did you?
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