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Once a week or so, I get an email from James Taylor. This is actually from someone representing James Taylor, although I pretend it’s really him. I’m a fan, and I like to know what one of my musical favorites is up to.

This is where 21st-century sensibilities make things tricky. Are we fans, or followers, and what’s the difference? In a time when we wear our passions on our profile pages, it’s an interesting distinction.

I follow several famous people on various social media, for example, although I don’t have much interest in their careers. Sometimes they’re just witty people...