http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/10/22/secondlife-as-a-developing-nation/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=secondlife-as-a-developing-nation Ideas, Development, Data and Design Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:45:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/10/22/secondlife-as-a-developing-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 20 Ideas for Social Entrepreneurs [Part 2] | Black Web 2.0 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:01:06 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=756#comment-1068 [...] recently wrote an article about Second Life that explained how much money is cycled through the virtual world’s economy every day. Platforms [...] [...] recently wrote an article about Second Life that explained how much money is cycled through the virtual world’s economy every day. Platforms [...]

]]> http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/10/22/secondlife-as-a-developing-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Tracy Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:23:21 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=756#comment-407 I joined SecondLife, for that very reason... to figure out how in the world real life dollars are generated by this fictional fantasy reality. Unfortunately, since there are no "needs" in SecondLife, everything pretty much seems to appeal to our wants. Which in most cases this means appealing to vanity, lust, greed, etc. In a real economy an entrepreneur sees a need and fills it... Food, shelter, usually come first and then the creature comforts come next, both for the individual and the business... not so much in SL. I'm with you, why not focus all that creative energy and those dollars toward the real world? I joined SecondLife, for that very reason… to figure out how in the world real life dollars are generated by this fictional fantasy reality. Unfortunately, since there are no “needs” in SecondLife, everything pretty much seems to appeal to our wants. Which in most cases this means appealing to vanity, lust, greed, etc. In a real economy an entrepreneur sees a need and fills it… Food, shelter, usually come first and then the creature comforts come next, both for the individual and the business… not so much in SL. I’m with you, why not focus all that creative energy and those dollars toward the real world?

]]> http://appfrica.net/blog/2008/10/22/secondlife-as-a-developing-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Elia Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:59:15 +0000 http://appfrica.net/blog/?p=756#comment-391 I love that last sentence, so true... I love that last sentence, so true…

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