Delete : the virtue of forgetting in the digital age / Viktor Mayer-Schönberger.
Material type: TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011.Edition: [Pbk. ed.]Description: xi, 249 p. ; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 153.1 MAY
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"With a new afterword by the author"--T.p.
Includes bibliographical references ([231]-244) and index.
Failing to forget the "drunken pirate" -- The role of remembering and the importance of forgetting -- The demise of forgetting--and its drivers -- Of power and time--consequences of the demise of forgetting -- Potential responses -- Reintroducing forgetting -- Conclusions -- Afterword to the paperback ed.
The ability to forget, or be forgotten, has played an important part in human society, allowing for changed minds, second chances & overlooked embarrassments. Digital technology, with its inexhaustible memory, threatens one of the most important social conventions: the past is past. This book explores the issues.