Delete

By Viktor Mayer-Schönberger,

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

Book description

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…

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1 author picked Delete as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Recognising that modern digital technologies, by preserving too much information, undermine the essential role forgetting has played throughout history, this book presents a forceful argument for countering violations of privacy by upholding the ‘right to be forgotten’.

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