The World's Not Enough

“The world is not enough” not even James Bond knew how true he was.

Man’s ambition is like a balloon. He, actually we, try to inflate it as much as we can, ultimately blowing it up. But man is also the most determined creature god came up with. As soon as he is done with one balloon, he gets a new one and there is no end to the adventure. But ever wondered where are those burst balloons disposed. Certainly not in this world, where will the ambitious blowers go then? Like every other problem, this problem was also seen and conquered, and ingeniously so. As I’m not talking technical, over the top stuff here, the solution’s really simple.  No place in this world? Create a new world!!  And that’s how the virtual world came into being.

The inhabitants of this Virtual world are characters played by people in the real world. Come on!! This was not that technical. Well, remember the burst balloons? In simple terms, these characters are nothing but slightly modified, more presentable, version 2.0s of those balloons, which are maneuvered by the people responsible for bursting the balloons in the first place, the ambitious blowers. Whoa!! Now that was technical, and difficult, and stupefying.

The greatest quality of the virtual world is perhaps the fact that it’s virtual. The fun of interacting with people without actually getting face to face with them is something that people in this real world will take some time to get bored with. With fingers doing the talking, the screened replies, the smiley disguised emotions, the deceptive profile pictures and profile info are too glamorous to let go. Addiction to this is natural. The day’s not far when terms like “opinion” will be replaced by “tweet”, “thoughts” by “blog” and perhaps “life” by “Facebook”. But one question has become undesirably significant here. With the AUDIOVISUAL aspect of meetings lost, are people meeting in the virtual world actually SEEING each other?

YES or NO, I guess I don’t care about the answer. This new world has added a new dimension to people’s life, gifted them with a projection of their self that they can modify to will without any physical constrains, allowed them to be someone they could never be in the real world. I guess that’s what makes this new world worth spending your leisure time in.

The balloon never bursts in the virtual world, rather it gets big enough to elevate you towards a truly out of the world experience. So, when the world’s not enough, just log in!!  

P.S: The above essay is the author’s attempt to acknowledge the Virtual World that so readily accepted his burst balloons and gifted him with a bunch of new ones. Please don't be technically critical about it.