From cyberspace back to meatspace
I like it when theses new terms appear out of nowhere. “Meatspace” is a recent favourite:
Meatspace is synonymous with the physical world and conceived as the opposite of cyberspace or virtual reality….The term may be used in a derogatory manner as a conscious rejection of the connotations of the term “real life” and the implication that interactions in cyberspace are less real or important than physical interactions.
[above from Wikipedia, read this Wired article on Second Life for some real world context]
It is always only a matter of time before perspectives started getting inverted and new terminology is required. Remember the arrival of “snail-mail” back in the 90’s? Now it’s part of common speech. I wonder how long it will take for ‘meatspace’ to enter the general vocabulary?
