Thursday, March 22, 2007

Philosophically Blogging

Instead of philosophically speaking, I am philosophically blogging.
I was thinking today that it is probably going to be much easier for the younger generation to blog, and create visual and media diaries of their lives. Simply because they are working from point A to point B. Going forward, it will be much easier to upload their favorite moments in life...because they are happening now. By the time they are old, their entire lives may be almost completely digitized for them and anyone to view.

Of course, there will be millions of people having done this. So the novelty will have worn off. Then the question "what does this all mean" may become more relevent. Their digital life will be only one in millions of digital lives. Meaningless? Or meaningful?

At least, it will be a much easier process for the younger generation, because they will live a day, then digitize it. Live another day, then digitize it. But for those of us who have lived half their life already, it is more work to digitize years that have gone by. It is possible. I have a lot of memorabilia that might get passed down. Or it might get lost, stolen, damaged, or forgotten. Now there is another option. I could start digitizing it. While the process of digitizing "new" events, pictures, and experiences is happening, the process of digitizing "old" events, pictures and experiences is also taking place. But only by those doing it. For those not doing it, will their "media" be lost and become irrelevent? Or does it matter anyway? (Philosophically blogging.)

So I might digitize past years of experiences. I do have a few interesting things that could be uploaded and shared. But once again, philosophically blogging, what does it mean? If everyone has their own story, what weight does one have over another? Philosophically blogging....none. Check out Ecclesiastes - and you will better understand what is meaningless....and what is meaningful.

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