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The point of Footprints in the Digital Age, by Will Richardson (perhaps a misanthrope, who dislikes mankind), is that he says people need to be extra careful and worried about what we put on the internet about ourselves.  He also points out that Google search is more intelligent, if it has lots and lots of information with your name on it, so we should start sticking stuff on the internet from the age of 7, no matter what. I agree but at the same time I disagree. We cannot always control what goes on the internet about us, other people can post things about us and we can't control that, that is how this matters to me. It matters to education because what we put on the internet shows the world who we are, and makes our schools look either good or bad. It matters to the world because the internet is worldwide so anyone can search us on the web and get information, which is why it is smart to be careful, but again you can't control what other people say. The bottom line, is that we need to only post things in safe places we know and also only post high quality information.