The Multiplayer Internet needs a Gradient of Presence.
We can be: ...
Alone in Alone Spaces
Alone in Together Spaces
Together in Alone Spaces
Together in Together Spaces
but the presence is a... See more
Saved by Shuya Gong
The Multiplayer Internet needs a Gradient of Presence. We can be: ... Alone in Alone Spaces Alone in Together Spaces Together in Alone Spaces Together in Together Spaces but the presence is a spectrum: Lean In (Dominant) Leank Back (Ambient)
What I’ve come to realize is that while our potential identities are infinite, our energy is not. Energy put into one identity is energy taken from another. To be Very Online is to be Never Offline. To become infinite is to become infinitesimal somewhere else. As Turkle wrote in The Second Self :
“For adults as well as children, computers... offer... See more
The Post-Individual
We’ve lost gradients of intimacy, a concept from architecture, the ability to loiter and meander through a space, engaging when we want in varying levels of expression. We don’t have any peripheral vision on the internet. We have to be in one place or the other. Simultaneously, we’re never really in any place—we can always blame connection issues... See more