Relevance not Determined by the Beholder?
31 Jan 2007 in Thought of the Day by GarrickThat was Mailer’s response to: “Has your writing had an impact?”
While Mailer was referring to the larger influence of who controls the past determining what is relevant.
The same is true on a much smaller, person-to-person scale. Perhaps relevance is like identity – defined by everyone else. Individuals can only filter and prioritize.
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