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Sociodramatic MUD
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Abstract:
The immediate future has never been at risk as it is today. Regional conflicts are now global; nuclear and biological weapons posing as protective shields threaten the destruction of the world. As technology connects the continents, culture, religion, and past conflicts divide the planet. For the world to survive, individuals must see themselves first as members of the planet and then as members of their national, religious, ethnical, racial, communal and familial groups. However, group-oriented barriers have been erected over many millennium and are deeply rooted in the human consciousness. Metaphorically speaking, we must develop spaceships that would allow us to traverse the light years that separate groups from relating to each other. Psycho-drama, created by J.L. Moreno, creates a virtual reality in which the intangible aspects of the collective unconscious of a group are placed into concrete form. Role reversal allows the participants to stand in the shoes of another and comprehend and even sympathize with the perspective of an antagonist. This is Moreno‘s concept of ‘tele.’ Role playing in Multi User Domains (MUDs) shares many similarities to that of the Psycho-dramatic space. By synthesizing the concepts of Psychodrama with MUDs, we can create a virtual stage for anyone with an Internet connection to act out a group’s collective unconscious. Role reversal in this virtual space will lead to world-wide tele and global consciousness.