Robert McGlohon wrote: >the faster we leapt forward. I'd also bet that if you could magically take >away our ability to record and disseminate knowledge, we'd be hunting and >gathering again within two or three generations. Whitout virtual reality what is left ? i think you touch something important symbols. They slowly thru time time replaced direct experience I see that when i sale produces at the market ,peoples tend to buy ideas not food . They buy special produces for what they represent in their mind which is often the inprints left by advertisements. or because they are symbol of a memory ), not for what they are . they ask me:< how does it taste ?> before putting a sample of dry stawberries in their mouth. i generally answer< i don't know !, experience it and tell me > >For what it's worth (no, I don't have references; I making all of this up). Maybe it is all made up any way! so i like that when peoples make it up and know they are making it up. jean-claude