Do MUDs oblige us to find a new language that does not judge virtual experiences purely in terms of how far they facilitate or encumber “real” ones? Perhaps the virtual experiences are “real enough.”
Predictor: Turkle, Sherry
Prediction, in context:In her 1995 book “Life on the Screen,” Sherry Turkle – an accomplished social psychologist, sociologist and anthropologist from MIT whose studies centered around people and computers for decades – writes: ”Do MUDs oblige us to find a new language that does not judge virtual experiences purely in terms of how far they facilitate or encumber ‘real’ ones? Perhaps the virtual experiences are ‘real enough.'”
Biography:Sherry Turkle was the author of “Life on the Screen: Computers and the Human Spirit.” and a professor of the psychology of science at MIT. (Research Scientist/Illuminator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: MOOs/MUDs/B-Boards/Newsgroups
Name of publication: Life on the Screen (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Chapter 9: Virtuality and its Discontents
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 249
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