Charles Stross has an interesting op-ed piece about the future of history. I particularly like his notion that we’re on the verge of losing the ability to forget.

Sixty to a hundred kilograms is all it takes to store an entire 21st Century of human experience. And some time after our demise, this information will be available to historians.

And what a mass of information it will be. For the first time ever, they’ll be able to know who was where, when, and what they said; just what words were exchanged in smoky beer halls 30 years before the revolutions that haven’t happened yet: who it was who claimed to be there when they founded the Party (but didn’t join until years later): and where the bodies are buried.

Link (via BoingBoing)