Living in the US, our politicians sometimes remind us that what happens in our country is seen all over the world. And while the state of the US passport makes that nearly possible to achieve in person, VR has enabled conversations across the globe, complete with giant virtual tomatoes.
In a global economy, it’s important to understand how the political actions of a country can affect global perceptions. There’s something incredibly special about being able to converse about these events as they occur in real-time. It’s a strange new way to be a global citizen.
And as we watched the votes roll in, I jokingly asked whether perhaps we could fix democracy by unplugging it and then plugging it back in. While we can examine America’s source code and insert comments, we cannot modify it to fix the issues we are seeing.
The general consensus on AltSpace is that what’s happening in the US is wild, confusing, and/or disturbing. During Pandemic, platforms like these have become the new bar, coffee shop, art exhibit, or museum. Whether it’s Four Seasons Total Landscaping or Burning Man, it seems nearly anything can be recreated in AltSpace.