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• A reply on Talk: Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo

  May 7 2013: I think you ask great questions. I find that the answers to these questions may require significant explanation beyond what a comment would allow. I suggest the following book as a good place to start in seeking answers:
  
  Change the World: How Ordinary People Can Achieve Extraordinary Results by Robert Quinn
  
  I believe higher knowledge, some of which may not yet be recorded, exists beyond the above book. But I think it's a great place to start. Cheers.

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  May 6 2013: Generally agree. I just would add that I think both community and voluntary isolation are important to a balanced life. I think it's up to each individual to find the right balance based on her own goals in life.
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  May 6 2013: I generally agree with your comments, especially with regard to employers: indeed, better to be correctly assessed and disliked than to be incorrectly assessed and accepted for what one is not.
  
  I do however have some doubts about this statement that you make:
  "I won't pretend I am someone I'm not, and I don't fear people knowing my real identity and personality."
  
  What would be considered pretense, in your opinion? A nickname, a symbolic identity, a screen name, a part of one's personality that is revealed in some instances but not in others? With regard to fear, I think this emotion is a normal response to potentially hostile situations. In this case, the hostility would be from people who may render negative judgment and take adverse action upon discovering one's identity. However, I don't think that the best way to address that legitimate fear is to cower, as the talk seems to suggest.
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  May 5 2013: Yes, agreed that privacy is important since we live in a world where illicitly obtained private information may easily result in negative and false assumptions. Since, at present, most people seem to make judgments without providing others an opportunity to clarify their intentions, I think the concern you point out is important. Sometimes we unintentionally participate in making such judgments. I know I've made such judgments and maybe you did in your post where you speak of hypocrites. I'm wondering if you offered those individuals an opportunity to explain their seemingly hypocritical stance. I think if we all tried to clarify intentions, we would eliminate the major misunderstandings that are the root cause of most human problems. Regards.

• A reply on Talk: Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo

  May 5 2013: No need to apologize. But thanks for helping me better understand your point of view. Regards.

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  May 3 2013: Hey John, thanks for clarifying. Don't you think it's better for people to express themselves than to hold it all inside? As far as worrying about uncertainties, I think it makes sense to try to understand people when they communicate. Sometimes, I think we unintentionally fall into the habit of making (often incorrect) assumptions about others without seeking clarification from them. I try to get away from that. In my view, misunderstanding is the basis of most human problems. Therefore I find it important to practice active listening (requesting feedback from those with whom I communicate). Cheers.

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  May 3 2013: Mitch, I find your posts cryptic. If you have something to say, feel free to be upfront about it. Otherwise, we're just going in circles and not getting anywhere. Ok, I'm signing off for a while.

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  May 3 2013: I'm not sure I understood the point or motivation behind the video. Feel free to explain. As far as being a skin, I'd say be whatever makes sense to you. Whatever "you" are at any moment is as much "you" as what you are in another moment. So how can you be in a skin that's not yours?

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  May 3 2013: You write:
  "I submit that there are better contributors. Be one."
  
  I'm not sure I follow. I don't regard contributors as "better" or "worse." Rather, I may perceive certain ideas as more effective ("better") or less effective ("worse") than others. It's a matter of perspective, in my view.

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  May 3 2013: You write:
  "Also, it should be more disturbing when one assumes others will listen much less understand in the cold vastness of virtuality."
  
  Everything from that sentence to the end of your post seems to be veiled allusions. Feel free to clarify. As you might see, the freedom to communicate is important because of the potential misunderstandings you suggest.