Yeah, I just got an email from him too saying the same regarding the break. Hopefully he was pleasantly surprised.
Yeah, me too. It was nice to get. We have to remember that even while we're real people from our point of view, we might also be a distraction or addiction from other points of view. As charming and funny and creative and supportive as we can occasionally be, we are also j U S t letters on a screen. Well, I am anyway. You are also soundclouds and podcasts. On a screen.
You are also a podcast on a screen. Don't diminish your role in those. I love hearing your perspective. But yes, I know first hand how it can be easy to neglect things in meat space because interactions online are so much more easily had. Balance. All of life is a balancing act.
And I understand that in the world of cyberpunk faction, "meatspace" is the term used to refer to that place we are that is not cyberspace. In places like World of Warcraft and 2nd Life, it's a commonly used term. and perhaps individuals have a personal, dynamic and idiosyncratic meaning for the word. Indeed, "meaty" is a word used to describe something as having depth and substance, something you can bite into. but here in Canada, I cringe when I hear that phrase. It's cold here and the term "meatspace" reminds me of my freezer, where I keep meat. I realize that "meatspace" is one wordish, while "the real world" is three. And "reality" has too many meanings to stick into your sentence above: Come to think of it, "meatspace" is a kind of handy descriptor of here, where we are when we're not on line. :( maybe I don't like it because it denies subjective reality. And it reminds me of the freezer . . . and, on some level, the grave (a fine and lovely place/but none, I'm sure, do there embrace). Time for a drink.But yes, I know first hand how it can be easy to neglect things in meat space because interactions online are so much more easily had.
Do we have to use the term "meat space?" I know we are made out of meat. I read the story here, on Hubski, so it must be true.I know first hand how it can be easy to neglect things in reality...
I think the "real world" diminishes spaces like Hubski. This place, what we are doing, the conversations we are having are all real. I don't disagree that there could be a better term than meat space, but I don't think "real world" is it.
Excellent point. The implication that there is a "real world" and a "other-than-real world" is less than preferable. That's along the lines of the experience vs reflection myth that I alluded to in another post. Reflection is another kind of experience. I don't disagree that there could be a better term than meat space, but I don't think "real world" is it.
How about "on-screen reality" and "non-screen reality"?
This is the first time I have ever heard the term "meatspace". And I consider myself somebody who has spend the majority of his teen life in "cyberspace"/"screen space". We used to call meatspace IRL, which means (I think) "in real life". But I do agree that Hubski is not what RPG gaming was for me back then, so another term should describe the difference...