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Delete : [electronic resource] the virtue of forgetting in the digital age /
by Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor
Published by : Princeton University Press, (Princeton :) Physical details: one online resource, 264 pages : illustrations ; ISBN: 9780691138619. Year: 2009| Item type | Location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Electronic Books
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E-Resource Section | E-Books | 153.125 (Browse shelf) | Available |
leisure reading
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
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
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