Episode #72
The World Would be a Better Place if We [DELETED]
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
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Let's embrace the delete key, and imagine a world where all our e-clutter wasn't just auto archived by big corporations.
When you send a someone a message on Snapchat,
for instance, the recipient has just a few seconds to digest the
content before it vanishes. The social media service popular with
millenials flies in the face of the autosave function that has dominated
computing since the 1980s. And that is precisely why it is booming in
popularity.
This week New Tech City explores whether it's time for an
auto-delete revolution. Host Manoush Zomorodi talks to experts from a
email folder's worth of extremely smart people with niche expertises to
find out how clicking 'delete' more would affect our memories, the
environment, our relationships, and more. Plus, a prolific college-age
Snapchatter explains why he loves when the photos and videos he sends to
his friends just disappear. Don't worry, this podcast won't
self-destruct in five seconds.
Gentle Chase
Back Stairs
Solidarity
Loquacious Larissa
By Monk Turner
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For a Better Memory, Hit 'Delete'
Keep forgetting your mother's cell phone number? Don't worry. You're
not alone. In this New Tech City interview, Columbia University
Psychology professor Betsy Sparrow explains why it's so hard to remember
things in the digital age and what you can do about it.
To Clear Out Your Inbox, You Need More Power
We used to be swimming in data. Now we're drowning in it. So, how can we stay afloat? By fighting tech with tech.
Face the Eco-Implications of Your E-Hoarding Habits
Search — not storage — is the biggest conundrum for big data.
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