Surrogate Memory
Don't Forget to Back Up Your Brain
But what if you could capture every waking moment of your entire life, store it on your computer and then recall digital snapshots of everything you've seen and heard with just a quick search?
Renowned computer scientist Gordon Bell, head of Microsoft's Media Presence Research Group and founder of the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, thinks he might be able to do just that.
He calls it a "surrogate memory," and what he considers an early version of it even has an official name — MyLifeBits.
I think this is profoundly misguided because it strips memory of meaning and discrimination.
Posted by Jill Fallon on November 16, 2007 at 9:11 AM | Permalink | TrackBack
Comments
Post a comment
