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Radio 4,04 Sep 2014,30 mins

Thanks for the Memory

In Business

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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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