Discussion Post
• In "The Right to Be Forgotten," Radiolab reporter Molly Webster considers the ethics of digital memory. After listening to this episode, what do you think: should we have the right to be forgotten online? Why or why not? Did you agree with the decisions that Cleveland-based editors made about un-publishing particular stories? Why or why not?
• Why people advocate for the right to be forgotten is multifaceted, but as Cozens points out, some of it comes from the human emotion of shame. He thinks a "permanent public memory" requires new approaches to shame and redemption. What do you think, how we should we collectively deal with shame in a future society where what you said or did may follow you forever? What would it mean to be redeemed or atone for past mistakes in a world that never forgets?
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