Social Memory in Internet Age

Abstract

Someone might ask a question that why do we need to forget something? It can also be argued that memory to store information then whyto forget something willfully? Remembering is a positive whereas forgetting is a negative task etc. Though these questions seem valid, we have to take the fact in mind that remembrance is not necessarily beneficial all the times. Similarly, forgetting is not necessarily a negative task all the times. Forgetfulness has its own value. In this paper researcher attempts to explain importance of forgetfulness and social memory in the internet age. Researcher has also tried to through some lighton how the forgetfulness could benefit our society and Remembrancecould prove harmful to the society in certain situations.This piece of research is to explore the value of forgetfulness against the concept of Remembrance. Why forgetting is necessary in several situations and how Remembrance can prove to be harmful is discussed here in detail.