For some time, I've been wondering about the impact of being able to capture events on film, and now on digital media, has on our lives in general.

I know a lot of people who treasure photographs and videos and who go back to look at them and reminisce and relive past events. As I've gotten older I find that I have pretty mixed feelings about all those photos and that I rarely go back to them. But I control everything and can decide for myself what to do (or not do) with them.

But as technology has moved on, that control is slipping out of our hands....

quote:

I Called Off My Wedding. The Internet Will Never Forget

In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.

https://www.wired.com/story/we...source=pocket-newtab

And a review of Kate Eichhorn's The End of Forgetting: Growing Up With Social Media .

https://www.insidehighered.com...growing-social-media