The trouble with digital memory (Guardian Unlimited)
Digital memory means we can store more than ever before. But isn’t it important, sometimes, to forget? Gordon Bell is that most single-minded of creatures – a retired man with a hobby. Except that when the computer scientist got to pensionable age he didn’t vandalise an allotment, but embarked on a bizarre project for Microsoft. He began storing his memories on a computer , for safekeeping …
