The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #21471   Message #229494
Posted By: Amos
17-May-00 - 04:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ain't This Place Great???
Subject: RE: BS: Ain't This Place Great???
The first functional definition of cyberspace that i ever heard was "where you are when you're on the phone...", referring not to the physical location of the handset, but the dimensionality of the mindset -- envisioning the other person and the realities of your conversation and all kinds of dimensions that get invoked in the exchange of thought which have nothing to do with material space but are, in there own way, completely valid and sometimes even more real.

This is a two-sided sword, of course, since it requires learning new balances to get into such a practice without overindulging. I imagine that's been true of radio, television and electricity too.

But if ever there was a web "site" which exemplified the best use and practice of "cyberspatial" exchange, I'd vote for the 'Cat to be It.

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