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In the digital age, nothing is ever forgotten. Every tweet, post or picture we upload becomes part of a growing digital dossier that follows us for life. In his thought-provoking book, Viktor Mayer-Schonberger lays out the consequences of our ever-present digital memory. He argues that in our society, forgetting is a critical social process, necessary to protect privacy, dignity, and social harmony. Using engaging stories and thought experiments, Mayer-Schonberger shows how digital technology is eroding our ability to forget and why that matters for our personal and collective future. In this timely and important book, he presents a powerful argument for the value of forgetting and the importance of creating new ways to protect our digital privacy and our right to be forgotten.

viktor mayer-schönberger ꞏ non-fiction ꞏ technology ꞏ privacy ꞏ data storage ꞏ ethics ꞏ information age ꞏ internet ꞏ social media ꞏ memory ꞏ digital footprint ꞏ forgetting ꞏ second chances ꞏ reputation ꞏ cyberculture ꞏ online identity ꞏ society ꞏ psychology ꞏ human behavior ꞏ cultural studies