Upcoming Event: Metanomics and the Virtue of Forgetting

metanomicsFrom Metanomics:

Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger’s new book, ‘Delete – The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age’ raises some interesting concerns…namely – do we really need to remember all that? Do you need to remember the breakfast you had last week, or the week before that, or every week since you began eating breakfast?

Professor Mayer-Schönberger believes there is a range of social concerns connected to the fact that our technology is remembering every little detail, all the time. Join Metanomics host Robert Bloomfield as he interviews Professor Mayer-Schönberger on November 11, 2009 at 12pm PST ( 9 pm CET) to discuss the value of forgetting. The conversation will center around privacy, contextualization and other issues surrounding our increasingly digital lives.

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