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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea 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?":    • Is the Internet Changing Our Memory?   ---------------------------------------­­­­­------------------------- Geocities torrent: http://bit.ly/1dr158t ---------------------------------------­­­­­------------------------- Assets: 2:23   / 274530531503398912   2:37    • FIRST SNIFF (First Kiss Parody)   4:02    • BFS-Auto: High Speed Book Scanner at over ...   4:32 http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/1... 4:33 http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2228/ 4:36 http://www.goecities.com/Yosemite/1450 4:41 http://www.flickr.com/photos/93823488... 4:42 http://www.flickr.com/photos/citnaj/9... 4:45 http://www.flickr.com/photos/styeb/32... 4:52 https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/59237... 5:35 http://archive.org/web/ 5:47    • VIDEO ROOM 1000 COMPLETE MIX -- All 1000 v...   5:52    • Video   5:59    • RaspberryPi Ice Sculpture Melting in Time ...   6:18 http://i.imgur.com/lQIIkge.gif 6:21    / roaringbee   6:23 http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/6918/ 6:27 http://www.reocities.com/TelevisionCi... 6:45   / 445629159897722880   6:46   / 445603231084072960   6:47   / 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    • When Do Memes Stop Being Funny? | Idea Cha...   Stefan Hayden    • When Do Memes Stop Being Funny? | Idea Cha...   Yann Mirnoir    • When Do Memes Stop Being Funny? | Idea Cha...   Markhor Matt    • When Do Memes Stop Being Funny? | Idea Cha...   Trombe De Riz    • When Do Memes Stop Being Funny? | Idea Cha...   dwoodruf    • When Do Memes Stop Being Funny? | Idea Cha...   TheMightyForeskin    • When Do Memes Stop Being Funny? | Idea Cha...   ---------------------------------------­­­­­---------------------------- Tweet of the Week:   / 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!   / 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?    • When Do Memes Stop Being Funny? | Idea Cha...   Does Twitch Plays Pokemon Give You Hope For Humanity?    • Does Twitch Plays Pokemon Give You Hope fo...   Does Fiction Exist? (ft. Harry Potter)    • Does Fiction Exist? (ft. Harry Potter) | I...  

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