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Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age
Author: Viktor Mayer-schönberger Category: Big Data, Privacy, Technology Publisher: Princeton University Press Published: 2011 ISBN: 9780691150369 Pages: 272
Description:
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.
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