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Pamala Clift: Posted on Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:45 AM
I got a message on my phone. It gave me a beep.
Umm was it a text message?, Facebook notice? Google Plus? Twitter, Pinterest....Was it from Second Life?... One of my 6 email accounts? Skype?... etc.
After vacation I just spent 2 hours trying to sort through the 2500 plus emails in just ONE account.
I had maxed out my messages in Second Life a day out so lost those trying to contact me in there.
I hate the feeling of incompetence, but I seem to be hitting my overload button. This cannot be healthy for an individual nor society. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Monday, May 13, 2013 10:03 AM
 "Your going to do what?!" That is the statement I get when I announce it is time for a change.
No one seems to be able to accept that someone would voluntarily thrust upon themselves such complex problems as; starting a company, writing a book, or moving across country without knowing what is going to happen. Everyone is afraid of the CHANGE MONSTER! ...."But, But, that isn't the way we use to do it?" "Why would you change?"
It is my particular belief that the universe has us down here to expand the possible dimensions of the universe's program. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:43 AM
 One of my first and a favorite topics for my philosopher discussions that I bring up every few years is "Weapons of Compensation". When you are losing a disagreement, what do you pull out of your hat to turn the tide. In other words, what is your last trump-card defense.
I like this topic because it focuses on introspection. Less arguments and more ah ha moments, when you start to recognize that a Weapon of Compensation is being used against you, it indicates you have won the argument.
Ok, lets paint a picture of an argument with a neighbor which you appear to be losing after regular sane negotiations have failed, say over a fence boundary or obnoxious pets. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Monday, April 08, 2013 9:04 AM
 Wheee! I don't have to get up to go to work. I can play all day. Your rules no longer matter to me, I will do what entertains me. You can't stop me now!
This is vacation mode. When we finally get time off from work that is not dictating our actions by someone else's decree.
This is also the characteristical mindset that I attribute to the engagement level of the Disassociative State of Being while online.
When some people come online under a different persona and anonymity and they suddenly feel FREE. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Saturday, March 30, 2013 5:45 PM
Today we had a lovely Roadside Philosopher's meeting and even with the holiday weekend had about 35 in attendance. The topic was "Our Perspectives through Time".
The assignment was to think back when you were absolutely certain something was right, to find down the line that it was false. It was suppose to be a way of laughing at ourselves and the elusive fluidity of truth.
Childhood beliefs vs adult realities & Forever Loves that didn't turn out to be forever were some of the very serious components that were shared. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2013 3:24 AM
 I write all the time with quotes like;"We do not live for reality; we live for our fantasy."
I often say there isn't anything that is real, it is ALL fantasy. (Being a philosopher has a lot of those circular dances in logic)
Whether we pretend that the government is a worthy steward of our lives or a tyrant, the belief we hold is, to someone else, a fantasy and in error.
With the manipulation abilities of multimedia, our fantasies can be a very convincingly presented with manipulated pictures, respun wordings and taking comments out of context, both culturally and literally. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Wednesday, March 06, 2013 2:27 AM
 I remember when the computer geek Atari club met all enthralled with seeing the first demonstration of a Gig hard drive over the then common-place squealing tape drives.
We all knew everything everyone else there knew. We were the Sunnyvale, California Geeks! We talked computer-eeze.
Spagetti code basic is long gone. DOS is long gone. How many versions of Windows have passed away? How many computer languages have changed and now are totally rewritten in new interfaces, technologies, html code etc? |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 11:28 PM
 Being online means you are either hiding behind anonymity, or your exposed.
Those who perceive their online engagements as "not real", and use it as a form of entertainment could easily target you, just to vent.
The wolfs sometimes run in packs. The trolls work hard to be insulting, demeaning, crude and very targeted. They will pick out a comment, or your picture and specifically narrow in search for your weak spot. They want a reaction.
What do you have for Armor? How secure are you in the face of derogatory comments? |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Saturday, February 16, 2013 2:17 PM
 I just finished my Roadside Philosopher group discussion this morning. Everyone played nice and it was on a hot topic, "Love and Relationships" We had close to 50 in attendance.
Online facilitation has its own methodology. Most of the time it is a disjointed rat race in open chat, or a screaming match over the other person in voice.
I have been doing this now for over six years and trying to get a successful methodology out there. I get comments & approvals from many, but no matter how many see how I do it. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Monday, February 04, 2013 12:12 PM
 When I was little, my mom told me you should get people something that you would like yourself.
That more or less worked for me with family members and those of my same gender... BUT... it totally doesn't work for giving to the opposite gender.
When you would love a nice dinner out and he would like a quiet homemade dinner in front of the TV.. how can you each get what you want? Someone is going to have to give up their desires?
Is is just for the woman that love is expressed? Why is that do you suppose? |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:55 PM
I just had to go through a recreation of theThink Tankfor the Roadside Philosophers as Rockcliffe was shifting around sims.
They gave me more space and I had a bit of fun creating in an intense two day panic'd move. I found a lovely underwater sea cave that had a treasure chest to add and threw down a meditation pillow to sit. Well a meditation pillow sitting by a treasure chest? What could be more apropos than a sign saying, "Meditate upon: For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Friday, January 11, 2013 6:12 PM
 With internet marketing there are zillions of new companies trying to sell you their services. All claiming to be the best. All have exclusive connections.
Marketing has always been my nemesis. I delete and block so many marketing emails I have a hard time believing others don't do the same.
They now charge for guarantee Twitter & Facebook connections. Are they real customers or fake numbers?
Everyone has a way for the numbers to appear MORE impressive, but the numbers are not what is getting noticed. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Monday, December 31, 2012 1:17 PM
 I got a wonderful gift from a dear philosopher friend, who sent me the new book by Ray Kurzwell called, "How to Create a Mind - The Secret of Human Thought Revealed"
Have you ever felt like you wanted to talk to the author and interject your thoughts?
I often contemplate the conjecture that we are just biological creatures with chemical programming and nothing else? How often the research for artificial intelligence seeks the proper decision components of a task and figures that is intelligence. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Sunday, December 16, 2012 7:00 AM
I am constantly criticized that I work in a fantasy virtual world, so what do I know? Smile
What I know is, that because of the concentration of fantasy beliefs within that virtual world, ... I now can see the fantasies of Real Life. The same type stories exist in our so called Real World, but are just as invisible to us as those who believe in their fantasy life.
I happened upon a Facebook discussion with a brilliant friend, rich and famous who was talking about guns in shootings at schools. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2012 8:34 AM
In my last quarter, of my last year of college, as a Bus. Mgt. major (which at the time was considered one of the elite colleges on campus) I had a motivation class.
My motivation demonstration: The Value of Not Knowing It was my premise that people enjoy not knowing the answer. The question stays in the mind and the pondering is enjoyable.
To prove my point, I came to class in my full get up as my clown persona, and did some simple tricks. The first magic trick was a simple disconnected tassel trick in two separate sticks. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Saturday, November 24, 2012 5:06 PM
I have had several Real Life meetings and engagements this last little while and I think virtual has ruined them for me. They are too limiting.
So I decided instead of everyone touting the virtues of Face2Face. I was going to list the things I do and do not like about Real life meetings.
1. In a conference or a meeting you canSEE people being disinterestedin what you are saying. In virtual their avatar looks the same whether they are chatting up the gal next to them in IM or not. There is the lovely illusion that you are holding people's attention. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Monday, November 12, 2012 11:29 PM
 The Roadside Philosopher's continues to grow. We had 55 plus come to the last meeting during the two hour voice facilitated discussion. The honesty of the people and the genuine openness so fills my soul. In Feb. we will be an organization that has been going strong for six years? Amazing!
I don't think I can ever express the value of the contributions for all that have attended and how much their presence and viewpoints have added to my life.
Thank you, all 500 plus members. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Monday, October 29, 2012 5:07 AM
 Been reviewing technology, psychology, biology, cosmology, videos, and the more I ponder the more I question.
What if we were children of a greater intellect? What would we be doing?
Children try emulating their parents. They try to peel potatoes, fix cars, all awkwardly, at first, with the goal to master the task, and possibly surpass their parents.
What do we do? We are trying to emulate our physical world. We are making synthetic skins, virtual reality glasses, holographics, AI, to see if we can make them better, which is what kids normally strive for. |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2012 3:05 PM
 I am the Roadside Philosopher deeply involved in the interactions and engagement levels of the internet.
So I suppose I shouldn't be surprised when someone comes to me with a cry for help with possible addiction.
This is a whole new state of being... this "Continually- connected-thing". All of humanity is having a "trial & error" fest.
So what do I tell people? I am a philosopher, addicted to questions and figuring out what is true in each situation. *scratches head* |
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Pamala Clift: Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2012 8:38 PM
 We are a very insecure world.
As a result we spend a whole lot of wasted energy fighting to prove we are valid.
We are also not to smart..hehe
We look at numbers as the only truth. Yet I know so many that can spin the numbers to be anything you want. Still somehow that doesn't matter. It is easy to see that 5 is greater than 4.. so being lazy we say, "Show us numbers". In reality numbers are most often based on guesses on irrelevant components that are most easily measured. Yet we still think numbers more valuable than opinion and experience. |
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