from BBC Radio 4: Material World -
Memories For Life
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An overview of the multi-disciplinary project to look into digital preservation for the masses. Another grass-root attempt to widen the scope of preservation decision and priority outside of the usual bastion of "elite content". For more information on the Memories For Life project, visit their web-site.

Also see related article on how the pervasiveness of "prosthetic memories" is actually modifying our human experience of the world.

from The Boston Globe -
The advantages of amnesia
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