It is out of your hands once you have been put into the earth. It is as likely that something you intend to be remembered for eternity will crumble into dust as it is that a throwaway tweet will be posted and re-posted long after you are dead and buried. Either way, it will be forever unknown to you. The peephole into the lives of the deceased only works in one direction.
“But it is good history!” I am sure you will cry, “How else are we to then obtain first-hand accounts of our past? How else are we meant to learn?” My friend: I agree with you! It is true, real value in looking back to the writings of our forefathers, intended to be spread and not, to better understand the world in which we live. Understanding the human condition is fundamental to understanding history and we, as human beings, are our most authentic selves when we believe that we have little to no audience to judge us - thus explaining why personal communications and journals serve our historic endeavors so exceptionally. Any discomfort felt by myself or anyone else for peering into history is entirely self-imposed - the person will never know, and thus will never care, who reads their writing even if
