[Krimel] In fact this kind of writing has evolved into its own genre, cyberpunk.
[Arlo] There have been fascinating non-scifi writings on identity mediation over the years, "avatar" has become a useful metaphor for deconstructing the negotiation of identities. For those who may be unfamiliar, Sherry Turkle wrote an eloquent piece in Wired years ago called "Who am We?" (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.01/turkle.html). Also one of my favorite pieces to get people thinking about aspects of identity negotiation is Julian Dibbell's "A Rape in Cyberspace" (http://www.juliandibbell.com/texts/bungle.html). The "avatar" metaphor has replaced the "actor" metaphor, in the same way networked computers have replaced the standard processor as the metaphor for human cognition. But I think the last time we were through this we ended up making Marsha a bit paranoid, so tread lightly. ;-) Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
