RevK 

With the existential crisis of getting that bit closer to being 60, next week, if I am lucky - I do ponder legacy, and how it is possibly easier to be remembered as Hitler than as Einstein. I mean, I am not suggesting that I try to blow up something, but it strikes me that if "being remembered" is a thing, it is probably easier to do that than do anything "good".

What a world in which we live...

Feb 12, 2023 at 4:43pmWeb
Show threadKimFeb 12, 2023

@revk I'd have thought the best way would be to start a religion.

Or to set some standard or other that seems like a good idea at the time, and becomes widely adopted but is inevitably annoying for unforeseen reasons. #Farenheit

Show threadDunstanFeb 12, 2023
@revk A snail crawled across a marble monument. He looked back proudly and said "I've left my mark".
We can get a very distorted view of legacy.
Show threadRevK Feb 13, 2023
@dvavasour indeed, and whether “legacy” even matters. I think on problem is that if you are not making a legacy, what are you making? And is there any point? Tricky isn’t it?
Show threadDunstanFeb 13, 2023

@revk Coming from the Catholic viewpoint, virtue is its own reward.

There is a woman who works in a local small business, customer facing, who I think is a saint living among us. Everyone who deals with her comes away feeling uplifted.
For myself, I can't teach for toffee, but I *can* make youngsters learn to think. If my work legacy is a cohort of bad-tempered sceptics who can "do technology" on its merits rather than swallowing self-congratulatory vendor guff, mission accomplished :)

Show threadsrjFeb 12, 2023

@revk Is "being remembered" kind of like an offline version of measuring worth by number of followers?

Does the kind of remembering matter (hated and despised?), or is it just about how many or how strongly? I mean, it's easier to get someone to remember you by punching them in the face too, than, say, by being kind to them.