I'm taking an interest in digital privacy or lack of. I'm learning that nothing I write in an email (whether sent or not) or blog or anything digital and connected to the internet isn't mine anymore. All that (and this) is relinquished by me and recorded. I have some strong opinions about privacy, but that's not what's on my mind today.
Today, I'm thinking about what kind of trail I'm leaving and what I will continue to leave. I think it's really great that we now have a record to pass down to Yusuf, Nooriya, and next generations. I also think it's really not great that it's so easy to mold someone's digital historical record this way or that. Just the same way numbers and statistics get skewed and misinterpreted all the time, so too will our records.
A couple of stories in the news right now are taking a people's digital history and compiling them to portray them as this or that. Technically, I guess they're speaking for themselves which is great, but probably a lot out of context and over many years. A "regular" guy is a hero or a villain or a genius or a moron depending.
I think back at the last 15 years and all the things I did as a dumb kid without foresight and I'm thankful that not much of that is recorded, at least not that I know of. I have, though, recorded a bunch of stuff and am concerned that taken the wrong way and out of context. I know how I would like to be remembered and I hope whatever I leave behind doesn't get twisted into something else.
Today, I'm thinking about what kind of trail I'm leaving and what I will continue to leave. I think it's really great that we now have a record to pass down to Yusuf, Nooriya, and next generations. I also think it's really not great that it's so easy to mold someone's digital historical record this way or that. Just the same way numbers and statistics get skewed and misinterpreted all the time, so too will our records.
A couple of stories in the news right now are taking a people's digital history and compiling them to portray them as this or that. Technically, I guess they're speaking for themselves which is great, but probably a lot out of context and over many years. A "regular" guy is a hero or a villain or a genius or a moron depending.
I think back at the last 15 years and all the things I did as a dumb kid without foresight and I'm thankful that not much of that is recorded, at least not that I know of. I have, though, recorded a bunch of stuff and am concerned that taken the wrong way and out of context. I know how I would like to be remembered and I hope whatever I leave behind doesn't get twisted into something else.
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