As should be obvious to readers of my columns, I am the type of person who mass-produces sentences without regard to format.

My policy is, "As a rule, I create my writing for my future self, and if I'm lucky, for the benefit of others."

I think It is better to ignore formats and keep what I can leave than to reduce the information with care in the formats.

There is, however, an opposing view to this, and it is significant.

Well, one might say that this is the difference between "me-ism (self-centeredness)" and "cosmopolitanism (world citizenship).

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The only thing I am morbidly concerned about formatting is communication protocol programs.

This is because a protocol error of just one bit will result in a loss of communication.

In other words, in a world where we can't move a millimeter without strict adherence to a format, we must.

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'I wish the world would adapt to my (loose, messy) policy format' -- but I can't help myself with this one.