>My men­tal mod­el of the Web is as a per­ma­nen­t, long-lived store of humanity’s in­tel­lec­tu­al her­itage. And that's where I don't agree with the author.

>My men­tal mod­el of the Web is as a per­ma­nen­t, long-lived store of humanity’s in­tel­lec­tu­al her­itage. And that's where I don't agree with the author. I've been thinking about this and to me it seems we need to try to foster a culture of forgetting. Just because we can store everything forever, doesn't mean we should. That kind of thinking is exactly where this 'track everything everyone does'-mentality comes from, governments seem so keen to apply in the name of 'terror prevention'. It also values regular stuff you do way too highly. Let's face it: A huge portion of the web is garbage and most information on it is ephemeral. The really useful stuff, like encylopedias, will be used regularly and thus keep indexed anyway. For the rest: Just let it go. Forgetting can also be relieving, you know?