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This surprises them?

Any time a society forms and that society creates an exchange system (an economy) there will be individuals who seek ways to exploit that exchange system in ways we accept and ways we don't. When I write "we" I mean "the majority". The funny thing is, theft, whether virtual or real, can't exist unless "we" accept it in some way, shape or form. No act, either for or against the common good, can exist unless the majority allows it to exist.

But here's the rub, I think. Virtual crimes will grow as long as real world gains can be had by them. When the real world gains become great enough and easy enough to acquire, virtual crimes will spill over directly into the real world because a real world criminal subculture -- a support network -- will arise to facilitate virtual world criminality. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

As a final note, did you notice that I never used "reality" in this post? The lines are blurring, don't you think?

Links for this post:

• Jan 07 Omma
• NPR on virtual reality
• Social sciences: Life's a game