Comments on: Reduce your carbon footprint using virtual worlds http://greenmonk.net/reduce-your-carbon-footprint-using-virtual-worlds/ Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:18:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Tim Walker http://greenmonk.net/reduce-your-carbon-footprint-using-virtual-worlds/#comment-3162 Tim Walker Mon, 12 May 2008 19:43:13 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=158#comment-3162 I think you're right on here, Tom. The fact that ARPANET started with Dept. of Defense funding as a way of linking up a bunch of labs didn't imply that it could ONLY be used that way, and the fact that S.L. and other virtual worlds have their roots in video games & chat rooms is neither here nor there in terms of how these worlds *can* be used going forward. Give smart people good tools and they'll *find* smart ways to use them. One of the best ways to do this is to drop our assumptions about the "right" ways to use the tools, and let the smart folks play with them until something works out. I think you’re right on here, Tom. The fact that ARPANET started with Dept. of Defense funding as a way of linking up a bunch of labs didn’t imply that it could ONLY be used that way, and the fact that S.L. and other virtual worlds have their roots in video games & chat rooms is neither here nor there in terms of how these worlds *can* be used going forward.

Give smart people good tools and they’ll *find* smart ways to use them. One of the best ways to do this is to drop our assumptions about the “right” ways to use the tools, and let the smart folks play with them until something works out.

]]> By: ed http://greenmonk.net/reduce-your-carbon-footprint-using-virtual-worlds/#comment-3158 ed Mon, 12 May 2008 15:57:40 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=158#comment-3158 <a href="http://www.eredux.com/states/" rel="nofollow">Check This Unique US Carbon Footprint Map out</a>, illustrating Greenest States and a lot more down to US City Level... http://www.eredux.com/states/ Check This Unique US Carbon Footprint Map out, illustrating Greenest States and a lot more down to US City Level…

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