Delete : the virtue of forgetting in the digital age /

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Looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. This title traces the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, from the ability to make sound decisions unencumbered by the past to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Memory.
Computer storage devices.
Internet > Social aspects.
Persistence.
Memory
Computer Storage Devices
Ordinateurs > Mémoires.
Internet > Aspect social.
Persévérance.
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Memory Improvement.
LAW > Computer & Internet.
Informationsgesellschaft
Gedächtnis
Speicher > Informatik
Informationssamhället.
Minnet > sociala aspekter.
Datorminnen > sociala aspekter.
Internet > sociala aspekter.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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