I remember a fun discussion Isaacson once had about Benjamin Franklin. After finishing a 608-page biography about Franklin's life, Isaacson was asked "Would Be

I remember a fun discussion Isaacson once had about Benjamin Franklin. After finishing a 608-page biography about Franklin's life, Isaacson was asked "Would Ben Franklin be a blogger if he were alive today?" http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/12/11/what-if-ben-were-one-of-us/ http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/12/11/what-if-ben-were-one-... Isaacson, who'd written a 608-page biography of Franklin, insisted that the answer was no — "not a blogger." The distinction was that Franklin "polished every word." But the question was too provocative to leave without more discussion. Ben Franklin would have a web site, Isaacson speculated. "It would be carefully crafted. It would be more like Andrew Sullivan than your normal blogger in pajamas."