Not Afrraid

In the article "Footprints in the Digital Age" put out by Educational Leadership, the author, Will Richardson, proposes an interesting view on being Googled. Richardson leads us to think of how we are known to other people, even to those who we do not know directly. This is an odd thought to wrap your mind around that billions of people may know me, just for what they read on Google. What will these unknown people know me for? Will it be for my uncanny good looks and my unnatural ability to sing anywhere? No, well maybe that, but I more so believe they will know me for whom I am, and not for what I am. Well who are “They”? "They", can be a lot of people, people from all corners of the world. This is an incredible thought. I could be found by a Chinese boy half way around the world. To add on to this notion, I most likely won't be the one writing it. This comes from the lips of Richardson when he says, " Your personal footprint—and to some extent your school's—is most likely being written without you, thanks to the billions of us worldwide who now have our own printing presses and can publish what we want when we want to.". Not only is the straight-up fact unbelievable, but even more so is the idea that I will be known, through what others write about me. One example of this is Wikipedia. This site allows you to write whatever you want about a person. My ideal job would be to be a CEO of a large global company.  So this means that I have be what I want to be known as, everywhere I go, and in whatever I do. For example, if someone see’s me doing unorthodox practices. They could then potentially write about it on Wikipedia and from Wikipedia, to the ever watching eyes of the Tabloids. If gossip is spread of unruly decisions I might make, then the dream could be crushed. On the other hand, if "they" see me doing extraordinary things for the betterment of mankind, then good things will come out of Google's endless pit of knowledge. In the end it winds down to, that I, must always strive to be what I set out to be.