Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age the Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age

by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691138613
• ISBN13: 9780691138619
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"