Everything we do is debatable? Correct? I've heard many comments regarding bloggers - cynical and often snide. Comments like: why would anyone record their thoughts and then post them? Who cares? Do they think their thoughts and ideas are important enough to share? You know the drill: criticize!
Since our world is transforming rapidly especially our modes of communication I think bloggers are providing a piece of history; in essence their entries are records of our social history. Before the internet people communicated with one another through letters, some made journal or diary entries as a way to channel thoughts and expression which is a valuable source of information. It doesn't matter that the documents are personal in nature or written with a personal opinion nor does it matter that the writings are not empirical or scientific because what they do provide is something to read long after we are gone. Evidence that we existed and hopefully the writings will reveal something about the life we are living now. WE learn to read and write for a reason: to communicate. Perhaps, we are hesitant to express our opinions because our thoughts will be criticized but I say: it's merely an opinion!
I fear that without this so much of our social history will be lost. When historians are looking back 100 to 200 years from now what will they conclude? So for those who are cynical about why we share our thoughts then my answer is simple: don't read.
