Delete : the virtue of forgetting in the digital age / Viktor Mayer-Schönberger.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2009], ©2009.

xi, 237 pages ; 23 cm

Failing to forget the "drunken pirate" -- The role of remembering and the importance of forgetting -- The demise of forgetting-and its drivers -- Of power and time-consequences of the demise of forgetting -- Potential responses -- Reintroducing forgetting -- Conclusions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.