Virtual Worlds History

Now, I'm not as much of a fan as Electric Sheep as I used to be. They made some decisions that have lowered them a peg or two in my book, but they still have very smart people working there. One of whom is Sibley Verbeck, he wrote this article, I recommend you go read it now.

Read it? Good. Now I have been in many of those worlds mentioned that no longer survive and if you've read this blog for any length of time you know I'm a geek. The point of the article is well taken however, there will always be people who think a light switch just works by magic and those who can wire a house. The search to de-geek shouldn't take away the power of the platform. This is my fear with all the moves lately to 'demystify' Second Life. If they take away our ability to make beautiful complex things in this pursuit we will have lost more then we gain.

Just my two cents, chime in in comments.