This question seems to come up again and again with an accompanying variety of opinions. Michael Josephson provides an insightful and thought provoking answer to this eternal question.
Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.
In today's increasingly connected world, people are finding information about you through the internet as opposed to more traditional means. Have you ever Googled yourself? Try it now and you’ll probably notice you don’t control most of the sites on the first page. While some may find this scary, take it an opportunity to instead direct these people to a site created by you.