Government Priorities

I came across a story about a subcommittee of the U.S. Congress conducting a virtual meeting in Second Life. It is very interesting that our congressmen are involved in aspects of technology such as Second Life. However, it bothers me that we are spending time and money on this type of subject. As long as words such as hunger, poverty, homelessness, and cancer are still part of our daily vocabulary, we cannot focus on things like Second Life. It is time to refocus our energies on priorities that make a real difference to humankind.