Richard Edelman has been reading Shakespeare this week and we’re all the better for it because he captures (and reminds us of) the essence of why weblogs carry authority – and why they matter … even, eventually, in the Philippine power sector.
It’s from Richard III and I’ll let Edelman tell it in his own words:
In Act III, Scene I, The evil Richard III is about to send his late brother King Edward’s sons to the Tower of London, ostensibly to have a traditional night of festivities before the coronation of young Prince Edward in the morning. The young Prince is curious about the origins of the Tower, hearing that the structure was begun by Julius Caesar.Prince Edward: Is it upon record[1] or else reported[2] successively from age to age, he built it?
Lord Buckingham: Upon record, my gracious liege.
Prince Edward: But say my Lord, it were not registered[3]. Methinks the truth should live from age to age as ’twere retailed[4] to all posterity even to the general all-ending day.
In short, without peer to peer communication, there is insufficient substantiation of claims, whether historic or in any other vein. This is the essence of the Me2 Revolution.
[1] Upon record means on written record
[2] Reported means told orally
[3] Registered means documented
[4] Retailed means related orally