Wiegand: Mom and Me

Ok. I'm a little torn here.

On the one hand, it absolutely makes sense to consider and honor information seekers' needs and values. Forcing them in unwelcome directions would be counterproductive, but also just plain rude.

On the other hand, how far do we take informational subjectivism? If people are seeking or interpreting information in ways that I'm confident will lead to unhappy things, should I honor their personal information economies by letting them go down in flames?

What if, instead of a new Buick Century, Wiegand's mom had taken advice from slacker friends in her garage band and fallen in love with a nasty, gas-guzzling, repair-prone, chartreuse and fuchsia deathtrap? Though I certainly want and need to consider the information seeker's mental space, there has to be some point at which it's not only valid for me to employ my own, but ethically required.