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Thanks for the Memory

The internet and social networking have created the possibility of total recall for life's most significant moments. Peter Day talks to people building businesses around this idea.

The internet and and the rapid rise of social networking creates the possibility of remembering forever most of life's most significant (and insignificant) moments - maybe all of them.
Peter Day hears from people building businesses based on this new extension of the human mind, and asks whether total recall really is a good idea.

Producer: Mike Wendling.

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30 minutes

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Sun 7 Sep 201421:30
BBC Radio 4

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Contributors to this programme

Luciano Florid

Professor of philosophy and ethics of information at the Oxford Internet Institute,

University of Oxford

Phil Libin

Chief Executive, Evernote

Jonathan Wegener

Co-founder and chief executive, Timehop

Oliver Waters

Co-founder and product designer, d3i

Lee Hoffman

Co-founder and chief executive, Memoir

Andy Bell

Co-founder Mint Digital

Milan Shetti

Chief technology officer, HP Storage

Kai Pommerenke

Founder, Chronicle of Life

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  • Thu 4 Sep 201420:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 7 Sep 201421:30
    BBC Radio 4

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