Tuesday, May 28, 2019

We make our World Ourselves, in our own Minds


This is going to be hard to explain.

We do not live in a world that is out there, but a world that is in here. In our minds, individually and collectively.

Consider this course from O'Reilly, that pushed its way into my inbox this morning. From User Experience Designer to Digital Product Designer, What on earth is this woman talking about (at great length)?

Laura Fish is trying to describe an experience she has had, that she wants other people to have. A new world where she would be the chief visionary. She can see herself, presenting her vision in front of a large audience. Possibly numbering in the millions, on the Internet.

Allow me to describe a similar belief system - the rise of Mormonism early in the 19th Century. The technology here was print, that people were obsessed with, at the time.

This was begun by Joseph Smith, who wrote the Book of Mormon. This was accepted by many people at the time, who were looking for a Prophet of God to guide their lives. They did not know this was what they were looking for until they found it.

In the same way, Laura Fish wants to be a leader of the faithful. Where the technology is the Computer and its networks.

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