The internet is an archive, but it may not be all that great at it. Sure, it saves any media we can imagine (text, photographs, films, etc). But what about that stuff FROM the network? Status updates, tweets, image macros... they seem to disappear into the ether. Are they not worth as much to us as physical objects? We archive things so we can remember them, so is this network ephemera not worth remembering? Watch the episode to find out more! DNews video "Is The Internet Changing Our Memory?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InlMjKJBrbE ----------------------------------------­­­­­-------------------------- Geocities torrent: http://bit.ly/1dr158t ----------------------------------------­­­­­-------------------------- Assets: 2:23 https://twitter.com/mrdavehill/status/274530531503398912 2:37 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=026IsHhSupE 4:02 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ccxwNssmo 4:32 http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/1070/ 4:33 http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2228/ 4:36 http://www.goecities.com/Yosemite/1450 4:41 http://www.flickr.com/photos/93823488@N00/457500513/ 4:42 http://www.flickr.com/photos/citnaj/981127136/ 4:45 http://www.flickr.com/photos/styeb/3296369154/ 4:52 https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/5923737/Geocities_-_The_Torrent 5:35 http://archive.org/web/ 5:47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icruGcSsPp0 5:52 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jU9mJbJsQ8 5:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ogTYIuu_I 6:18 http://i.imgur.com/lQIIkge.gif 6:21 https://www.youtube.com/user/roaringbee 6:23 http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/6918/ 6:27 http://www.reocities.com/TelevisionCity/1639/ 6:45 https://twitter.com/inpoliteco/status/445629159897722880 6:46 https://twitter.com/NicksTurners/status/445603231084072960 6:47 https://twitter.com/WakaFlockabsm/status/445593337211682818 ----------------------------------------­­­­­-------------------------- Research Sources: Archiveteam.org Matter and Memory - Henri Bergson Archive Fever - Jacques Derrida The Probability Archive: From Essence to Uncertainty in the Mediation of Knowledge - John Hartley Mechanisms - Matthew G. Kirschenbaum ----------------------------------------­­­­­-------------------------- Music: "Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) Level 5: Room for the Homeless http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm "Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) ":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) Binaerpilot "Geeks" http://bit.ly/10N0UBf "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) Chiptune - Kenzalol http://bit.ly/15vKwpN ----------------------------------------­­­­­----------------------------- Comments: Joe Hanson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hitClSdp4Jg&google;_comment_id=z13whfzy4vqtvpalt231ujtp2mngft3ro04 Stefan Hayden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hitClSdp4Jg&google;_comment_id=z122gbigcufnhnin5232sldb2lykjhryx04 Yann Mirnoir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hitClSdp4Jg&google;_comment_id=z13vuvg5sz3qtzxv322vjf0gapnffrjjv04 Markhor Matt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hitClSdp4Jg&google;_comment_id=z12es5t5zlzhxnwbg04cfvdodvqeunwbiag Trombe De Riz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hitClSdp4Jg&google;_comment_id=z13xivmydzv5vp5dx23xdd5qgqqhgvwl0 dwoodruf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hitClSdp4Jg&google;_comment_id=z12fzxmxkmnkzfue123hwjvrozn0zbg4204 TheMightyForeskin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hitClSdp4Jg&google;_comment_id=z13qx32hfyinj1azn04cglbblmbtgtqhzr00k ----------------------------------------­­­­­----------------------------- Tweet of the Week: https://twitter.com/thomwell/status/445606311896821761 Come hang out in the Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/138EHBh Check out the Idea Channel SubReddit! http://bit.ly/GNklUq And the Idea Channel Facebook page! http://on.fb.me/1eVl4vP TRANSLATE THINGS @ http://ideachannel.subtitl.us ----------------------------------------­­­­­----------------------------- Let us know what sorts of crazy ideas you have, about this episode and otherwise: Tweet at us! @pbsideachannel (yes, the longest twitter username ever) Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Idea Channel Facebook! http://Facebook.com/pbsideachannel Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com) _______________________________ Want some more Idea Channel? When Do Memes Stop Being Funny? http://youtu.be/hitClSdp4Jg Does Twitch Plays Pokemon Give You Hope For Humanity? http://youtu.be/-pNTn9cJApg Does Fiction Exist? (ft. Harry Potter) http://youtu.be/B3gvubRsykI

• published: 19 Mar 2014
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