tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765659050310421692.post8345196705544580803..comments2023-04-02T05:09:39.695-05:00Comments on Knight of Nothing: Electric FootprintsKnight of Nothinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00258071389769083850noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765659050310421692.post-55363615614356325782007-08-03T09:42:00.000-05:002007-08-03T09:42:00.000-05:00You have good thoughts and questions about this. ...You have good thoughts and questions about this. And the next question is, how does being aware of this apparent discrepancy change the way you write? Or more basically, <EM>should</EM> it change the way you write?Knight of Nothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258071389769083850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765659050310421692.post-18431500496690174982007-08-01T08:13:00.000-05:002007-08-01T08:13:00.000-05:00Yes, as I recall, we discussed how as I have begun...Yes, as I recall, we discussed how as I have begun to meet people who knew me first only through my writing, they seemed surprised by the "real me." This made me realize that while I look at my own writing and see how it could only be the product of me and a reflection of me, others see a very different me through my writing.<BR/><BR/>Weird.<BR/><BR/>I suppose this should be a caution to historians, who try to form pictures of people based only on the ephemera they leave behind. That will never be the complete picture.<BR/><BR/>How long after we are gone do you suppose our cyber-musings will last? 100 years? 50? 1? Will future historians even have a chance to form an image of us from our blogs?John Gustav-Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03557940681381951271noreply@blogger.com