Emma Smith on Forgetting in the Digital Age

Emma Smith talks as part of the "What does it mean to be human in
the digital age?" event In 2005, two neurologists diagnosed a new
modern malaise - hyperthymestic syndrome, or the inability to
forget. Emma Smith (Fellow and Tutor in English, University of
Oxford) considers this as a particular problem of the internet age,
and, contrary to claims that we should be preserving and archiving
more and more data, makes a case for the creative possibilities of
digital obsolescence.