Cyberspace: the virtual frontier
I'm really a "Mr. Natural" sort of guy, but it would seem we're living half our lives now online. I've got a day job that I love. But, you know, don't we all want more? I've been contemplating the distinction between a desire for recognition and a desire for fame, and I wonder whether it's just a question of degree.
Forty years or so ago, Andy Warhol made his famous proclamation: "In the future everyone will be famous . . . but only for 15 minutes."
I think every culture needs its heroes and celebrities. I don't think we're that different. What's interesting about ours, though, is how many of us long to be famous, to be so good at something that we're that special.
What I feel now is a need for community. I think we all need recognition. Virtual communities are gathering to fill the void many of us experience when we walk down the streets of our own towns and there's no one there to recognize us.
So . . . "this song goes out to the one I love . . ."
May we all find community here and there.
SH
