On Forgetting

Facebook is testing a new feature to “help you stop stalking your former flame.” [source] In the world of persistent memory, Facebook is helping you to forget.

Inside Out presented a compelling picture of what it means to forget:

Riley no longer needed her imaginary friend, Bing Bong, and he was relegated to the trash heap of old and forgotten memories. Our external (read: digital) brains have yet to account for our need to forget many of life’s memories.

This seems to be the first step in that direction.