Some interesting thoughts. Everyone will probably think differently about how much they would like to be ‘immortal’. For example, I wouldn't mind leaving a smart footprint that people will remember. So I would have to do or say or write or be something memorable... My friend, on the other hand, would like to just diffuse as if he had never been here. Both are legitimate, I think.

However, whether I make all my thoughts available to the public online or whether I present them in books, lectures, talks, projects, etc., should make little difference to the risk of them being used unfairly.

So: which is more weighty? My desire for eternal fame or the caution of being misunderstood or misinterpreted?