A lot of personal expression happens on line. If you are a writer, designer or an artist, probably you have things that live mostly on line. But even if you're not, ou might have that function of scrap booking or the journal and so on. A lot of that stuff has migrated into the realm of bits. And i got really interested in the idea of what do you leave behind? What do you want to leave behind?
Rob Walker discusses his interest in death and how our digital records remain online, being shy and how this influenced his decision to become a journalist, writing about the sleeved blanket known as the snuggie, and the wish to brand the idea of "be happy for what you have."