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1. • CommentAuthorjoelfirenze
   • CommentTimeMar 11th 2008

    # 1
   Everyday, you might not notice it, but you are in actual fact, crossing many worlds all the time. The worlds we cross, the connections that we make, define our identity. The worlds - school, family, church, and social circles - these are the worlds that we cross everyday. And sometimes, they collide and crash with each other. When these moments arise, don't we wish that we could connect them somehow - harmonise them, like planets circling the sun in the solar system?
   
   And if the human existence on this planet can be thought of crossing through many different worlds - political, economic, technological, how are these worlds colliding?
2. • CommentAuthoriandravid
   • CommentTimeMar 11th 2008

    # 2
   Are we also looking at scaling here? Like within the home, it's the "family world", but zoom out a few million people and it's the "political world", especially in a highly racially segregated area. Things like that. I get what you're trying to ask, but the question isn't clear... :)
3. • CommentAuthorjoelfirenze
   • CommentTimeMar 11th 2008

    # 3
   The question isn't meant to be clear. It's for people to explore their possibilities. For example, on a personal level, when things come into conflict between different personal worlds, of maybe family issues and church issues, how do we manage our worlds?
   
   How can we understand each other if we don't understand the different worlds, personal spaces that people inhabit?
4. • CommentAuthorkelvinq
   • CommentTimeMar 11th 2008

    # 4
   iandravid, the colliding of worlds and "zooming out" reminds me of the game Spore -
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8dvMDFOFnA
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore_(video_game)
   
   But do you find technology bring more worlds together or making them more disparate (by making them more distinct)?
5. • CommentAuthorjoelfirenze
   • CommentTimeMar 11th 2008

    # 5
   I was hoping that technology could be the ultimate connector between the different worlds that we inhabit, that eventually, we might even be able to make a graphic user interface (GUI) for our own lives. I'm just interested in people knowing each other through the stories of each other and their own lives. It's my way of 'digitising empathy', so to speak - creating more ways for people to connect with themselves and with others.
   
   To get an inkling of what I'm talking about, look at the projects by Jonathan Harris:
   
   http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/144
   
   www.wefeelfine.org
   
   http://universe.daylife.com
6. • CommentAuthorsubmersiblehelicoptr
   • CommentTimeMar 13th 2008

    # 6
   Crossing worlds?
   
   We face two forms of digital divide today. Economic related divides and age demographic divides.
   
   Both are gonna go away with economic progress and time.
   
   Technology facilitates the formation of micro-cultures as it allows people from across the globe to discover that they are not alone. However, one should draw the distinction of having a distinct culture but building understanding among people of different cultures. One can be different from everyone else in his community but can still empathise with them. Making him more individually distinct but from "closer in terms of empathy.
   
   In celebration of our diversity of cultures, Pangea Day is an international event that taps the power of film to strengthen tolerance and compassion while uniting millions of people to build a better future. see www.pangeaday.org for more details.
7. • CommentAuthorjoelfirenze
   • CommentTimeMar 13th 2008

    # 7
   It would be interesting to find out how and realise just how much technology has shaped our identities and in the way we have related to others on different levels. I believe that technology has been an incredible connector between people, and that as technology becomes easier to use, I hope that it might even become a tool for global peace. Hah!