Computer networks aren't the original virtual devices.
People are.
A boy may think he has a girlfriend...
but you girls know he really has a virtual girl...
the physical girl plus her girlfriends, sisters and mother!
Look closely. This is a diagram of a conspiracy. Information travels around about the boyfriend but he's excluded from knowledge or participation (until the wedding). Depending on the contextual congruity of the women, he might face an incomprehensible range of behavior. Girlfriend may follow Mom's advice on Monday, Sister's advice on Tuesday morning and her own judgement on Tuesday night.
Did I say "might face"?
It's "virtually" guaranteed!
If the boyfriend understands his girlfriend's true nature, it's not so bad. But if he's like most men, he thinks she is a single set of expections, beliefs, fears and aspirations.
I finally figured this out.
An incomprehensible situation now makes partial sense.
Women and men define "facts" and "truth" differently. Apparently "facts" aren't constant for women, they vary with context and immediate need. No one can know Reality, only their perception of it.
An incomprehensible situation makes even more sense.
A Web Of Lies
I've seen so many strange situations in the past few years. Hidden agendas and false assumptions create escalating confusion. The Information Age seems to create ambiguity and confusion instead of clarity and consistency. I thought it was due to increasing debt loads. I thought people were responding financial insecurity with deceit to protect their jobs.
Now I wonder if it's a function of the Information Economy. The true price and cost of information can't be calculated like commodities and manufactured goods and the pricing mechanism of the "free market" doesn't seem to be flushing out inefficiencies.
Perhaps constant misperception and deception are permanent changes to our culture.
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