In the online game, “Second Life,” users create virtual alter egos of themselves called avatars. Avatars reside on something called “the grid:” the ever-expanding computer programmed virtual world created by Linden Labs. On the grid, users can change the appearance of their avatars by buying clothes, skins, and accessories. People, through their avatars, can also buy and sell virtual real estate, where they can build and furnish homes with virtual items. The currency of Second Life is the Linden. The exchange rate is 250 Lindens per one U.S, dollars. The more Lindens users have, the more items they can buy, and use to create their fantasies that they might not be able to act upon in the real world. By having an avatars act out the creators desires, it can appear that the avatar takes on the responsibility for the actions, rather than the creator. However, since the creator ultimately has responsibility for the avatar, they are still in control. The creators conscious may not recognize their responsibility because the creator does not identify the avatar as itself. Therefore there becomes a separation between the choices people make for their avatar and choices they make for their own lives. For example, people may direct their avatars to be more sexually violent and generally violent, racist, anti-Semitic, etc. than they themselves would be. The barrier that separates people from being held responsible for their actions as an avatar is autonomy. Autonomy changes the behavior of people because they don’t feel as connected to the consequence of their action. Second Life commodifies freedom by selling people the chance to be autonomous.