Virtual Worlds Davos session brainstorm on Twitter

I used twitter this morning to prepare my session at the Open Forum in Davos. I did not use Seesmic because I just had 10 minutes before the call, but will also do a brainstorming there. This session will be streamed live on the Internet and I will try at least to have a chat room or a gtalk+twitter to take reactions and questions from the Internet. I am also trying to see if anybody could hack the live stream and project it to Second Life at the same time. It will be on January 26th from 18h to 19h30 CET

Here are the participants of the session I will have the pleasure to moderate:

Rafael Capurro, Professor, Information management and information ethics, Stuttgart Media University, Germany
Florence Develey, Pastor, Switzerland

Reid Hoffman, Chairman and President, LinkedIn Corporation, USA
Philip Rosedale, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Linden Lab, USA
Joseph Weizenbaum, Former Professor of Computer Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

The WEF suggested a session structure:
1) In the context of the virtual worlds we are creating, what is the difference between fiction and reality?
2) With the ease of access to these virtual worlds, how do different generations react?
3) How does this world of immediate access, limitless social skills and unrestrained behaviour influence our moral framework?
4) Should the focus be on the technological or human side of progress?

Here is the feedback I got from Twitter using terraminds search, thank you everyone participating in the conversation for your help.

vangeest @loiclemeur: a prestentation http://tinyurl.com/yqtp7t
susanreynolds @loiclemeur re virtual worlds: Suggest talking to Henrik Bennetsen frm Stanford for questions. He ses the big picture http://snurl.com/1wzpb
stevegroves @loiclemeur: I can see that; my daughter is in ClubPenguin all the time and I like SL; just checking out There.com now
wmacphail @loiclemeur SL seems to be falling from grace, advertisers dropping out, gambling prob, now the banks thing.
Mickeleh @loiclemeur counter virtual worlds with Twitter and Seesmic. Text lives. Not everyone wants to play puppeteer to an avatar
jbminn @loiclemeur - agreed. Club Penguin is huge. My kids knew about it before me. Very, very, viral among elementary school age kids
Tedesign @loiclemeur: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse check also P2P based MVs like Twinverse
gui2 @loiclemeur : Entropia Universe too...
julich @loiclemeur Virtual Worlds : Gaia, Stardoll

damevera5 @loiclemeur I hear that Disney is quite a threat - dunno if that is helpful. Also saw this 2008 forecast http://tinyurl.com/2frp6z
netliving @loiclemeur I've enjoyied a lot with IMVU! 1 hour ago
Henrick @loiclemeur "IRL", "tag" "tagcloud" 1 hour ago
AaronU @loiclemeur - do you define "top" by membership numbers, community engagement or future potential? 1 hour ago
susanreynolds @loiclemeur Kaneva is up and coming supposedly 1 hour ago
vangeest @loiclemeur: verrijking means enrichtment 1 hour ago
reminguyen @loiclemeur WoW in first for sure!SL,it's complicated all of people in here are compltely mad,no life,déprimé,psycho, in wow just hc gamer 1 hour ago
advany @loiclemeur didn't know about club penguin... seems to be just right for me... ;) 1 hour ago
SeanAmmirati @loiclemeur I would recommend you add Gaia to your list (Craig Sherman) 1 hour ago
wmacphail @loiclemeur SL stats http://tinyurl.com/yzl6nv 1 hour ago
Mickeleh @loiclemeur And even some folks who love virtual worlds don't live there all the time. 1 hour ago
johnyzar @loiclemeur : so cool!!! 1 hour ago
nodster Gone from 1/3 of my twitter sms allowance to over half. I blame @loiclemeur 's seeismic quotations - but really like getting his updates :Henrick @loiclemeur new challenges 2 reduce the human divide between those who possess newtech & handle virtual words (new elites) vs the others 1 hour ago
Henrick @loiclemeur virtual words will introduce cognitive mutations in human brains. Brains will be formatted differently. New divide among humans 1 hour ago
Henrick @loiclemeur IRL= In Real Life, consequence is that we deliver mental concepts faster in an algorithmic manner. This will mute our brains. 1 hour ago
mikethebee @loiclemeur Not @deekDeeskter in his alterego? 1 hour ago
artionet @loiclemeur with who are u speaking ? Enjoy :-) I see you in the Open Forum ! 1 hour ago
ldpodcast @loiclemeur- ClubPenguin is where my kids hang out- I think I would be an interloper. 1 hour ago
Obstructionist @loiclemeur You have to come on Seesmic and start a conversation about SOMETHING. 1 hour ago
reminguyen @loiclemeur ça dépend les jeux. Wow rassemblent des hardcore gamer passionnés d'heroic fantasy,alors qu'SL est plutot plein de gens mal IRL 1 hour ago
evidencesx @loiclemeur soon in France as projected last year (ie to meet ?) 1 hour ago
anthford @loiclemeur SL always intrigued me for its user-generated world. I like to create and explore what others have done. world as an art medium 1 hour ago
jbminn @loiclemeur for ex., one classmate is known as Mr.CP because of his knowledge of the servers & rooms, etc. This enhanced his friendships. 1 hour ago
mrtopf @loiclemeur to me SL is another way to meet new people and esp. talk to them real-time (e.g. collaboration). 1 hour ago
mrtopf @loiclemeur and it would also be great to be able to interact with companies in SL a la cluetrain. maybe I should do a seesmic about that :) 1 hour ago
jbminn @loiclemeur - WRT Club Penguin, using it provides an outlet for extending existing relationships w/ classmates as well as creating new ones. 1 hour ago
kosso @loiclemeur did you ever see my Second Life blogging network? http://bloghud.com ;) 1 hour ago
susanreynolds @loiclemeur What gives SL edge for me is ability to attend events, interact w/ppl from intel, ibm, etc I could not otherwise, all in 1 place 1 hour ago
NicoleSimon @loiclemeur in case it stays in france ;) - the venue was great for the purpose, keep that. [me loved the supermarket to buy milk *g*] 45 minutes ago
Dutchcowboy @loiclemeur i prefer monday & tuesday so you can arrive in the weekend 48 minutes ago
trishussey @loiclemeur sure sounds good to me! 47 minutes ago
NicoleSimon @loiclemeur for many that means arriving on monday - start of the week should be more expensive in flying, but in general sounds good. 47 minutes ago
Altaide_JF @loiclemeur Ok for the dates of LeWeb3 2008 48 minutes ago
robinwauters @loiclemeur: sorry I have an appointment with my dentist then :) 48 minutes ago
gwen_kronsage @loiclemeur: see research by Dutch EPN (thinkthank) they describe the (positive!) consequences about living a virtual life 56 minutes ago
gwen_kronsage @loiclemeur: WOW is a game. habbohotel i would quote as being important too. 57 minutes ago
gwen_kronsage @loiclemeur: remember our mail about streaming that session in SL? Matthias said it wasn't possible nor considered 58 minutes ago
alexksso @loiclemeur emailed u about ur davos panel on ur seesmic address 1 hour ago
(gwen_kronsage): @loiclemeur: If Philip contacts me i can stream it on my island Holland without a problem (my full SL name is Gwendolyn Kronsage, not gwen )