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How many centuries does it take for any given person's personal communications to become okay for open public study?
by bredren 10y ago
How many centuries does it take for any given person's personal communications to become okay for open public study?
- ice109 10y agodo you think hemingway cares?
- nf05papsjfVbc 10y agoWhat we do with what Hemingway would have considered private has a bearing on how we treat our private matters now - for we may or may not like how the future treats them.
- hinkley 10y agoMariel (his granddaughter) might. Her kids probably don't.
- HarryHirsch 10y ago3 generations, usually, if you are a public figure. The conventions are established.
- pawn 10y agoI like that standard. You think, "Would I care if someone revealed personal info and wrote about one of my parents?" The answer is probably yes. "Would I care if someone wrote something about my grandpa?" The answer is probably still yes. "Would I care if someone wrote something bad about my great-grandpa?" The answer becomes more likely to be "eh, who cares"
- iamatworknow 10y agoCenturies? More like days or weeks. As deplorable as his comments were, Donald Sterling's personal communications were made public and the invasion of privacy was an afterthought.