I wonder if scholars will one day discover all my electronic correspondence and decide to publish it. I've written some pretty fantastic emails in my day, so I imagine the scholars would be impressed, but ought it really be published? What if my emails would end up doing a terrible disservice to mankind? What if I inspire the next Hitler (i.e.-"That magnificent Ben figure sure talked a great deal about Rocktown. Perhaps we should found a town by that name and hurl rocks at everyone from its fearsome walls!")? This is a concern I deal with every day.
The future sure is unpredictable.
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