Here's a full article on the potential memory-erasure technology discussed a couple of weeks ago. Some of the hypothetical ethical problems are mentioned:
Baltimore Sun
This weekend I'll be going to the Darkover Grand Council, as usual, and will be on three panels. I'll tell you about the con next week.
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Margaret L. Carter
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I wonder whether it would be profitable to embed memory erasure in e-books.
ReplyDeleteIf readers could not remember the ending, might they read the books over and over again?
(I'm not really serious.)
"If readers could not remember the ending, might they read the books over and over again?"
ReplyDeleteLOL.
You don't need technology for that. Just wait for the reader demographic to age. :) I long since reached the point where often the only thing I can recall about a book is the general story line and the fact that I liked it. I have always been a rereader, but now I can revisit an old book with the advantages of both rereading and first-time reading. No unpleasant surprises such as a favorite character dying without warning, but the pleasure of discovering little details like new.
This tendency does, however, drive my youngest son crazy, because he lends me manga and plays anime films for me -- and expects me to remember the details a month later.
Speaking more seriously, knowing the ending has never been an impediment for me to reread a book. I don't mind spoilers.