![Delete : The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age - Viktor Mayer-Schnberger](https://www.booktopia.com.au/covers/big/9780691150369/0000/delete.jpg)
Delete
The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age
Paperback | 4 October 2011
At a Glance
Paperback
RRP $34.99
$33.25
Aims to ship in 5 to 10 business days
When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate
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 for and when. The digital realm remembers what is sometimes better forgotten, and this has profound implications for us all.
In Delete, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger traces the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, from the ability to make sound decisions unencumbered by the past to the possibility of second chances. The written word made it possible for humans to remember across generations and time, yet now digital technology and global networks are overriding our natural ability to forget-the past is ever present, ready to be called up at the click of a mouse. Mayer-Schonberger examines the technology that's facilitating the end of forgetting-digitization, cheap storage and easy retrieval, global access, and increasingly powerful software-and describes the dangers of everlasting digital memory, whether it's outdated information taken out of context or compromising photos the Web won't let us forget. He explains why information privacy rights and other fixes can't help us, and proposes an ingeniously simple solution-expiration dates on information-that may.
Delete is an eye-opening book that will help us remember how to forget in the digital age.
Industry Reviews
ISBN: 9780691150369
ISBN-10: 0691150362
Published: 4th October 2011
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 272
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: US
Edition Type: Revised
Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 13.9 x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.31
Shipping
Standard Shipping | Express Shipping | |
---|---|---|
Metro postcodes: | $9.99 | $14.95 |
Regional postcodes: | $9.99 | $14.95 |
Rural postcodes: | $9.99 | $14.95 |
How to return your order
At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.
Additional postage charges may be applicable.
Defective items
If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.
For more info please visit our Help Centre.
You Can Find This Book In
This product is categorised by
- Non-FictionSociology & AnthropologySociology
- Non-FictionPolitics & GovernmentInternational Relations
- Non-FictionSociety & CultureMedia Studies
- Non-FictionComputing & I.T.Information Technology General IssueLegal Aspects of IT
- Non-FictionComputing & I.T.Information Technology General IssueEthical & Social Aspects of IT
- Non-FictionComputing & I.T.Computer SecurityPrivacy & Data Protection
- Miscellaneous Items
- Non-FictionComputing & I.T.Computer Science
- Non-FictionPolitics & GovernmentCentral GovernmentCentral Government Policies
- Non-FictionLawLaws of Specific JurisdictionsIT & Communications Law
- Non-FictionLawLaws of Specific JurisdictionsConstitutional & Administrative LawHuman Rights & Civil Liberties LawPrivacy Law