Bibliograph

Delete, the virtue of forgetting in the digital age, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

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Delete, the virtue of forgetting in the digital age, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references ([219]-231) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Delete

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

319868007

Responsibility statement

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

Sub title

the virtue of forgetting in the digital age

Summary

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

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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