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- Re: Delete - The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age
By: Matras
Date: Oct 21, 2009 11:24 AM - Re: Delete - The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age
By: Dan DubLi
Date: Oct 20, 2009 2:07 PM - Re: Delete - The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age
By: Californiality
Date: Oct 16, 2009 7:46 AM
Notification
« The Harvard/UCSD guys are at it again | Main | You Lie 2.0 »
7 October 2009
Delete - The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age
I knew I was in for a treat when I sat down to listen to Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger at NYU's Law School yesterday afternoon. Viktor discussed his new book, Delete - The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age, and kicked off a book tour that will take him to several US locations (I've listed upcoming talks below). Although he had arrived from Singapore only hours prior to giving his talk, he engaged the audience with his clever presentation, leaving us wanting more even after 45 minutes of Q&A.
Mayer-Schoenberger beautifully illustrates our society's transition from "biological forgetting to digital remembering". While for generations our efforts have concentrated on trying to remember events, actions, etc. and preserve them for posterity, in today's world we are facing the opposite problem: The digital memory is here to stay. However, the book argues, forgetting has its virtues, and needs to be reintroduced. The solution is simple: Put an expiration date on information.
The book is a great read (as soon as I got it, my non-academic spouse snagged it and took it on a business trip, which usually doesn't happen with the books I order), and I am not even close to doing it justice with this description, so if you find yourselves near any of the locations of the book tour, make sure to stop by and join the discussion.
Future stops (from here):
• Harvard's Berkman Center on October 7 at 6 pm
• Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy on October 8 at 4.30 pm
• Town Hall Seattle on October 19 at 7.30 pm
• University of California Berkeley Law School on October 22 at 4 pm
Posted by Maria Binz-Scharf at October 7, 2009 2:05 PM
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You should also check out Dodge & Kitchin's 'The Ethics of Forgetting in an Age of Pervasive Computing', 2005 and their follow-up work [pdf alert: http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/working_papers/paper92.pdf].
Posted by: Tim Stevens at October 7, 2009 3:31 PM
Put an expiration date on information? Definitely! Who really needs to know every fleeting comment one has ever made? There must be limits.
Posted by: Californiality at October 16, 2009 7:46 AM
"biological forgetting to digital remembering" ...Mayer-Schoenberger is right on in this succinct contrast.
Posted by: Dan DubLi at October 20, 2009 2:07 PM
@Californiality:
There is: it's called archiving.
Posted by: Matras at October 21, 2009 11:24 AM