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Gordon Bell's Digital Memory
Brain food: the problem with digital memory
Digital memory means we can store more than ever before. But isn't it important, sometimes, to forget?
Aditya Chakrabortty
The Guardian
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Read the article
- Mobile Phone Use Can Be Beneficial
Thirty minutes exposure to a digital mobile phone can improve people’s working memory functioning, at least in the short term, according to Vanessa Keetley and colleagues at Swinburne University in Australia. The performance of 120 participants on a...
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From The Times (UK) Speed of digital era may be harming our ability to think The age-old rhythms of life are under assault as the distinction between work and leisure is eroded by new technology. Is it damaging our very humanity? Eva Hoffman September...
- Remembering Not To Remember
The new issue of Wired magazine has an article about a book to be published later this year about remembering and forgetting in the digital age, which sounds like it could be an excellent read. How would we manage unlimited memory?...
- Drm & Music
Some great interviews about music, DRM (Digital Rights Management), and eMusic on FutureTense radio, from American Public Media. eMusic CEO says music industry should begin killing off digital copy protection schemes, January 17, 2007 Description from...