My friend Whoosh sent me the following quote earlier and I think it’s outstanding.  I don’t know where he found it, perhaps on a forum somewhere, so I apologise profusely for not being able to credit the writer ( if you know who wrote it *please* let me know so that I can update)  It sums up perfectly, for me anyway, what SL is all about.  I also intend to print it out and sellotape it to Jez’s forehead if he comes out with the ‘But it’s only a game line’ EVER again, as I’m beyond fed up with it…
Innovation is not only about making money, it is also about advancing society, improving the human condition. If SL positively contributes to the way in which we communicate, the way in which we relate one to another, then it is innovation. If we have a chance to meet one another without the external cues to which we have been conditioned to judge another acceptable or unacceptable, then it is innovation. If individuals who are differently abled are afforded a social outlet in which their whole mind can be valued, then it is innovation. If people displaced by geography find communities in which they are beloved members rather than spurned outcasts, it is innovation.