Delete: The Virtue Of Forgetting In The Digital Age
by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger /
2011 / English / PDF
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Delete
Delete looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect
remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must
reintroduce our capacity to forget. Digital technology empowers
us as never before, yet it has unforeseen consequences as well.
Potentially humiliating content on Facebook is enshrined in
cyberspace for future employers to see. Google remembers
everything we've searched for and when. The digital realm
remembers what is sometimes better forgotten, and this has
profound implications for us all.
looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect
remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must
reintroduce our capacity to forget. Digital technology empowers
us as never before, yet it has unforeseen consequences as well.
Potentially humiliating content on Facebook is enshrined in
cyberspace for future employers to see. Google remembers
everything we've searched for and when. The digital realm
remembers what is sometimes better forgotten, and this has
profound implications for us all.
In
InDelete
Delete, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger traces the important
role that forgetting has played throughout human history, from
the ability to make sound decisions unencumbered by the past to
the possibility of second chances. The written word made it
possible for humans to remember across generations and time, yet
now digital technology and global networks are overriding our
natural ability to forget--the past is ever present, ready to be
called up at the click of a mouse. Mayer-Schönberger examines the
technology that's facilitating the end of
forgetting--digitization, cheap storage and easy retrieval,
global access, and increasingly powerful software--and describes
the dangers of everlasting digital memory, whether it's outdated
information taken out of context or compromising photos the Web
won't let us forget. He explains why information privacy rights
and other fixes can't help us, and proposes an ingeniously simple
solution--expiration dates on information--that may.
, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger traces the important
role that forgetting has played throughout human history, from
the ability to make sound decisions unencumbered by the past to
the possibility of second chances. The written word made it
possible for humans to remember across generations and time, yet
now digital technology and global networks are overriding our
natural ability to forget--the past is ever present, ready to be
called up at the click of a mouse. Mayer-Schönberger examines the
technology that's facilitating the end of
forgetting--digitization, cheap storage and easy retrieval,
global access, and increasingly powerful software--and describes
the dangers of everlasting digital memory, whether it's outdated
information taken out of context or compromising photos the Web
won't let us forget. He explains why information privacy rights
and other fixes can't help us, and proposes an ingeniously simple
solution--expiration dates on information--that may.Delete
Delete is an eye-opening book that will help us remember
how to forget in the digital age.
is an eye-opening book that will help us remember
how to forget in the digital age.