Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age

by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

Book Overview

The hazards of perfect memory in the digital age

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691150362
• ISBN13: 9780691150369
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"