I hadn’t thought about this in a while, but it’s true: the virtual world, in many cases is more real than the physical. I am involved in the migration away from paper medical records to digital, all of which will exist in some sort of cloud, albeit a secure one with restricted access, but a cloud nonetheless. You can’t get more real than that.
We have not evolved sociologically enough for this. We have a disdain for technology and those that are masters of it. (I’m good, but I’m no master.) The result is twofold: First, we alienate those we call geeks, lessoning the value of what principles they hold. Second, because of our lack of understanding, we devalue the whole moral, ethical, and legal implications of electronic communications. Continue reading “Reality of the Virtual World”