Journaling

Tolstoy used to write his journal, excavating his inmost thoughts to commit them to paper, every day, He'd bare his soul about, well, everything. Then ,because he was Tolstoy, he'd leave the thing open on his desk so that anyone in the house who wanted to know what he was thinking could wander over and read.

It's an interesting example of 'open' communication. And yet - the gardener or parlor maid wound up knowing exactly what he thought of his wife, children, friends, and so on.

At what...