Very valid points in on the darker side of technology in feeding what you want to hear instead of what you need to hear. How do we get exposed to people and ideas we disagree with, that we need to deal with in our physical lives? Its easy to escape on the internet, but much more difficult on the job and in public sphere.

A couple quotes I found interesting were: "why should I be hated for who I cannot help but be" and "consequences of our tribalism become more dangerous" Its easy to hide behind the internet anonymously, but facing people in person, having courageous conversations is far more challenging.

We can stay only so long in a virtual world before we have to join the real world to live our real lives. The challenge we all face like it or not. No one likes hard conversations but we don't expand our comfort zones and who we are by being safe. We grow by being uncomfortable and working through uncomfortable situations/experiences.

An interesting concept to experiment with an alternate ego trying on different skins, and engaging with others in a way never before as easily accessible and in safe environment. Wonder how to deal with trust in a virtual environment?

It would be interesting to experiment with this in dealing with bullying and cyberbullying.

Today at my elementary school, 1st grade students interacted with the counselor who utilized a book about good and bad choices. Scenarios were laid out and students got to make a choice then they were directed to a different part of the books to explore the results of their choice either good or bad with a focus on how good and bad choices exhibit themselves. While this is not exactly the same there is an interesting parallel to the lesson I observed today and what is happening with Twine.

When I signed up for Slack the directions asks to join a group or start one. I tried 5340SP18 then was asks for a password. I was never asked to set a password and when attempting to start from the beginning I received an email stating that my email address could not be found for this workspace. How to proceed?