[sl] The Philip Rosedale/MacArthur Foundation Conversation
To read the invitation about the Philanthropy in Virtual Worlds event, please go here.
One teen quote in particular, from, Anthony Pomeray, summed up the effect the event had on many who participated: "After hearing the conversation Philip had today, I just feel like I want to be part of something to help mankind."
In short, on Friday, June 22nd, from 8 - 10:30 SLT, teen residents were invited by Global Kids to host a live dance/listening/viewing party of Philip Rosedale in conversation with Jonathan Fanton, the president of the MacArthur Foundation, streamed from the main grid.
Barry Joseph, of Global Kids, and Jonathan Fanton, of the MacArthur Foundation
One location was Global Kids Island while a second was on Evolve, hosted by Ty Dejavu, who said "Gimme a woot phor philanthropy!!!"
View Global Kids Photos from the event or all photos from the Flickr tag set.
- text: transcripts of the event and chat
- audio: use the play button below to start the audio track, or download .mp3 (20MB), or
iTunes podcast
Read Beth kantor's blog about it and review her round up of coverage below:
- Event Announcement from Jonathan Fanton, President
- Doing the Impossible in Virtual Worlds by Doug Thomas from USC Center on Public Diplomacy
- A report about the event from Hastac
- Nonprofits in Second Life Blog coverage
- Lucy Bernholz captured the video stream from blog.tv and offered an analysis here
- Rik Riel's multimedia coverage the event
- Second Thoughts blog, "We Need a New Kind of Philanthropy"
- Web Metrics Guru
- Britt Bravo's Second Life Do-Gooders
- The Australian researcher Rachel Cobcroft's blog Always Already in her post Philanthropy in Virtual Worlds
Finally, read the edited public chat transcript from the event:
During the live music
Sith Thunders: jay
Sith Thunders: no guns
Tabitha GKid: well the audio is coming thru fine
Kyrunami Dryke: yeah
Rhiannon: yes, the stream sounds clear
Rhiannon: :)
Sith Thunders: not my kind of music
Rhiannon: the cool thing about the musicians even if you don't like them is that they are all musicians from the Second Life space
Soza Patton: Is the Video up?
Sith Thunders: and quite smooth
Turox Tenk: OMG THIS IS COOL
Anarchy Apps: So when Phillip get here?
Anarchy Apps: Do I get to ask him questions?
Rhiannon: there is also a video from the president to play close to that time we have the URL for
Jay Clostermann: I'm not going to waste my time watching a video from the president.
Jay Clostermann: YES I'M A LIBERAL.
Jay Clostermann: VERY LIBERAL.
Rafi GKid: Not the president of the US silly....
Anarchy Apps: xD
Anarchy Apps: Oh
Rafi GKid: The presidents of the MacArthur foundation
Anarchy Apps hates BUSH
Jay Clostermann: OH.
Jay Clostermann: Yes, I'll try to see that.
Anthony Pomeray: We want Phillip! We want PHillip! We want Phillip!
Turox Tenk shouts: can somene shout "he's here" when he is?
Turox Tenk shouts: thank you
During the pre-recorded video
Anthony Pomeray: K everyone turn your mics off so we can hear
Sith Thunders: thnere we go
Sith Thunders: movie starts
Turox Tenk: where are the chair
Turox Tenk: oh and umm
Turox Tenk: im sorry that i umm
Turox Tenk: fell into the volcano
Daniel Voyager shouts: are you watching the stream
Tads Vollmar: Did the volcano just errupt?
Turox Tenk: ya.
Turox Tenk: well umm ya
Turox Tenk: cause
Turox Tenk: um
Turox Tenk: i fell in it
The pre-recorded video of Jonathan Fanton mentions Global Kids in Teen Second Life
Anarchy Apps: OSNAPTHATSU
Tabitha GKid: yay!!!
Rafi GKid: yay tsl
Rhiannon: cool eh, they mentioned you guys in GK on TSL
Soza Patton: xWoot
Soza Patton: Were part of t
Soza Patton: Ish >_>
Mariel Voyunicef: It looks like I'm getting it with lag
Mariel Voyunicef: I heard about GK on the stream like 20 secs after you
During the live audio feed between Philip Rosedale and Jonathan Fanton – may of the comments are in response to the feed
Rhiannon: and now Philip
Anarchy Apps shouts: Welcome PHillip!
Turox Tenk shouts: im gonna go explore while listening to this
Rage Blankes: its my b-day today, >:]
Anarchy Apps: xD
Daniel Voyager: cool
Anthony Pomeray: :D Happy birthday
Rage Blankes: thank yoo.
Mariel Voyunicef: Happy birthday ^^
Daniel Voyager: happy birthday to you
Redsamba Hall: hip hip hooray
Daniel Voyager: everyone having a good time?
Rage Blankes: i like listening =]
Anarchy Apps: I wished they did this more often
Turox Tenk: omg this is boring ,no offense
Tads Vollmar: Yeah
Anarchy Apps: So don't stay
Anarchy Apps: I think they are right about how SL is pretty realistic and has brought ides into the real world and the physical world bringing ides into SL
Rafi GKid: We'll be passing over questions into the MG to philip and jonathan, so think em up and pass em over to me or Tabitha in IM.
Anthony Pomeray: This is an interesting discussion on how SL and Rl can connect.... i think that's pretty interesting.
Link Xiao: WHO EVER IS ROME, COME DISABLE JEDIMASTER XD
Anarchy Apps: We could stop the stuff going on in Uganda but George is too lazy
Anthony Pomeray: George really isn't handling presidency that well, ever since 9-11 >_>
Sith Thunders: boring
Anthony Pomeray: >_> This is Interesting, so listen to it or leave. You have a choice.
Rage Blankes: someone throw a pie =[
Rafi GKid: Any thoughts on what people have said so far?
Link Xiao: we need more people on here
Anthony Pomeray: We should have a museum, maybe i'll build it.
Malikai Shilton: I just turned it on after a bit of lag, so not much.
Link Xiao: like schools should allow SL
Rage Blankes: yea!
Link Xiao: and like
Link Xiao: SL should be everywhere
Rafi GKid: How would you guys answer Jonathan's last question about how not to be irrelevant when moving into SL?
Malikai Shilton: The amish should use SL.
Link Xiao: LIBARIES
Rage Blankes: just advertise it.....walk around in public with your laptop
Rage Blankes: Libraries indeed!
Rage Blankes: define Irrelevent, please?
Mariel Voyunicef: Is it really possible to be irrelevant, though?
Mariel Voyunicef: I'd call it more like, making it more relevant
Mariel Voyunicef: Irrelevant = not important
Mariel Voyunicef: Irrelevant = doesn't transcend
Link Xiao: who here thinks that SL isnt noticed that much ?
Mariel Voyunicef: I do think it's not noticed that much in Mexico
Rage Blankes: if everyone started playing..
Rage Blankes: they would be like WO0O0O
Rage Blankes: and i would be like, OMG
Mariel Voyunicef: But I'd say it's enormously noticed in English-speaking places o.o
Kaede Elytis: ALOT
Anthony Pomeray: Sl isn't noticed because it isn't being maintained and operated my a mainstream company.
Kaede Elytis: err
Kaede Elytis: SL is all over the news
Notor Dryke: If everyone started playing this SL world would develop extremely fast.
Malikai Shilton: I'm not wearing shoes.
Link Xiao: and when i see buildings i think about how to make about it here
Mariel Voyunicef: SL should launch a campaign to get governments to think about e-legislation.
Rage Blankes: indeed.
Rage Blankes: i agree
Anthony Pomeray: Personally, I think pornography should not be exposed publicly in an open space. I mean, if someone has it to themself, then fine, but they shouldn't spread it all over the place.
Anarchy Apps: You know I think the whole pornography thing isn't such a suprise.....but if theres gonna be any , it should at least be contained because the transfer of items from the MG to the TG leaked a few pornographics objects...
Rage Blankes: Ban Pornography in MG
Kaede Elytis: really?
Kaede Elytis: wow
Mariel Voyunicef: Pornography must be the major source of income on the MG.
Rage Blankes: sex sells, leave it at that?
Anarchy Apps: Rage , you can't just kill a major source of income , sexual pleasures and pornography is a big thing on the MG
Anthony Pomeray: I gotta question: What does LL plan to do to reduce violence and delinquency on the TG?
Malikai Shilton: Macfart.
Kaede Elytis: hahahhhaha
Anthony Pomeray grabs a soda
Rage Blankes: i got popcorn
Malikai Shilton: MY popcorn brings all the boys to the yard.
Rage Blankes: my grandma brings all the boys to the yard..
Malikai Shilton: And they're like, it's got more butter than yours.
Anarchy Apps wants popcorn now
Rage Blankes: yaay, i started a popcorn trend
Mariel Voyunicef: Uganda or Darfur can't be saved on the short run, just immediately, IMHO... But ok.
Rage Blankes: my pokemon cards brings the nerds to the yard..
Rage Blankes: and they're like..
Anthony Pomeray: Lol
Rage Blankes: ya wanna trade cards?
Rage Blankes: dang right, i wanna trade cards..
Anthony Pomeray: ROFL
Rage Blankes: i'll trade you, but not my charizaqrd
Kaede Elytis: i can beat you i've got charizard
Anthony Pomeray: ROFLMAO
Ty Dejavu: wait who sent that first TSL question?
Mariel Voyunicef: I think it was mine, Ty
Ty Dejavu: I heard "This is from the tg"
As the live stream ends…
Rage Blankes: nooo!THATS UNFAIR
Anarchy Apps: nooooo
Rage Blankes: MORE!!!
Anthony Pomeray: :/
Rage Blankes: MORE!!!!
Ty Dejavu: its all done
Rage Blankes: NOOOOOOOoooooooOOooo!
Ty Dejavu: =(
Rage Blankes: game over?!
Ty Dejavu: t'was interesting..
Tabitha GKid: its over already?
Tabitha GKid: so fast
Kaede Elytis: AHHHHHHHH!
Ty Dejavu: yeah
Mariel Voyunicef: :/ I don't agree with many of the things that were said
Mariel Voyunicef: But that's just me o.o
Rafi GKid: Shallow and pedantic.
Mariel Voyunicef: I don't think it was shallow and/or pedantic, though.
Mariel Voyunicef: It's not really that relevant >.>
Anthony Pomeray: After hearing the conversation phillip had today, I just feel like I want to be part of something to help mankind.
Mariel Voyunicef: Does GK work with any of the orgs sponsored by MacArthur on the MG?
Mariel Voyunicef: I want to volunteer or something when I'm on the MG.
