TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mayer-Schönberger,Viktor
TI  - Delete: the virtue of forgetting in the digital age 
SN  - 9780691150369
U1  - 153 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Princenton, Oxford
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Memory
KW  - Internet
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Computer storage devices
KW  - Persistence
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Falling to forget the "Drunken Pirate" -- 
2. The role of remembering and the importance of forgetting -- 
3. The demise of forgetting, and its drivers -- 
4. Of power and time, consequences of the demise of forgetting -- 
5. Potential responses -- 
6. Reintroducing forgetting
N2  - 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
ER  -