WORDS TO LIGHT: Some thoughts about weirdness and virtual reality Wan-Sze: What is this? Nadia: I dunno. Sum ding weird, huh? Will: Who knows? What people call "queer" is usually just unexamined. Nadia: (Playfully speaking like a child) Uh huh. Buddu I'm too busy 'n ta examine – can we play a compu-game instead? Will: Sure – go on. Most people are unwilling ta read poetry, even though that's what they need. Kasim: No problem. Isn't life itself like a computer game? Will: Yeah, in many ways (sipping a cup of coffee) … and eventually all games end. ===================================================================================== from How Weird: Out of the Box of Expectations by T Newfields Summary: An image of a point of light and a conversation about normality. Keywords: game theory, virtual reality, unexamined lives, peripheralization Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 2003 in Nagoya, Japan ☆ Finished: 2016 in New Taipei, Taiwan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/HowWeird/prologue.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/HowWeird/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/HowWeird/behind.htm