Some more context is available in this Reddit thread:<p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/discworld/comments/2ysv26/sir_terry_has_gone_for_the_long_walk_across_the/cpcmru1" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/discworld/comments/2ysv26/sir_terry_...</a>
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oblig. plug for Orangutan Foundation (UK) and Orangutan Foundation International (US), who try to protect them and their habitat.
It's an interesting idea, but it should not be implemented.<p>We all lose people of value: Terry Pratchett, Aaron Schwartz, Robin Williams, etc. The worth of such individuals is rarely objective and is mostly subjective, but sometimes on a large scale.<p>Were we to memorialize everyone of value to someone somewhere in such a manner, the weight of the headers could easily outweigh the value of the information we're trying to access.<p>Yes, it is proposed for one person only. Next week, it might be one more. The week after, a few more. And so on. Turtles all the way down.<p>Just because we can do a thing, doesn't mean we should.