In a recent book, “Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age,” the cyberscholar Viktor Mayer-Schönberger cites Stacy Snyder’s case as a reminder of the importance of “societal forgetting.” By “erasing external memories,” he says in the book, “our society accepts that human beings evolve over time, that we have the capacity to learn from past experiences and adjust our behavior.”
26 July 2010
The Web Means the End of Forgetting - NYTimes.com
The Web Means the End of Forgetting - NYTimes.com: "The Web Means the End of Forgetting" by Jeffrey Rosen
