"do you see many people literally 'coming of age' in sl?"

[14:49] Tom Bukowski: Gwenette Writer: "Tom, do you see many people literally 'coming of age' in sl … maturing into a more 'developed, mature' human beings? That was what your book would address actually.
[14:50] Tom Bukowski: Gwen - not necessarily
[14:50] Tom Bukowski: I came up with that title at the very end
[14:50] Demi Janus: I grew up in SL and I wasn't that young to start with.
[14:50] Tom Bukowski: it's a play on Margaret Mead's "Coming of Age in Samoa," to really get the anthropologist folks to see aspects of what I'm trying to do.
[14:50] Tom Bukowski: and in a way virtual worlds are "coming of age," coming into being
[14:50] Tom Bukowski: but there is such a range in terms of people
[14:50] Tom Bukowski: some people come to Second Life and it really changes them
[14:51] Tom Bukowski: they fall in love, realize they like to design clothes, decide to change their actual-world gender!
[14:51] Gwenette Writer: I am an excellent example of that . . my rl is what it is because of sl skills and success
[14:51] Tom Bukowski: And then there are people that it doesn't really change at all in that kind of sense
[14:51] Tom Bukowski: but they make friends, get to be creative, have a lot of meaningful fun