Second Life

Having had a first little look around the world of second life, the first thing that came to my mind was 'why?'. I found it much like how I could never see the point in sitting playing The Sims video game, getting my character a job and a girlfriend, when I really should be doing these things in real life. Its a very detailed environment visually, which offers lots of possibilities for creating a completely individual character, building a house, making clothes and objects, and again 'why?'. I can see the benefits of an environment like this for social interaction for people with disabilities, but beyond that I can't help but thinking how people must waste a significant portion of their actual lives 'living' their second lives.