One day about 10 years ago, an engineer named Philip Rosedale walked into the vast Nevada desert and saw something like this:

Note: Mildly NSFW. It became the basis of Second Life as it was first conceived: The idea that a new reality and social structure could be created from nothing, and in a lot of ways, be a better one. Philip has had somewhat different thoughts about the original vision since then, as it relates to SL, but really, maybe it's for the people who remain to say how well realized that original vision is. Does the video resonate with your concept of SL when you joined, or how it is now?

Hat tip: Reddit