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Second Thoughts About Second Life

Will you be held accountable for requiring students to enter a virtual world filled with online harassers?

Chances are you have at least secondhand knowledge about Second Life, a virtual-reality world created by Linden Lab, in which avatars (digital characters) lease "islands" for real-life purposes — to sell products, conduct...

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