There is a school of thought that claims that, because of the internet, we are awash in uncurated information, and that has made us lose our appetite and judgement. I’m not sure that’s true. But I do think we forget what’s not there. Which is a tautology. I mean, we forget what isn’t on the internet. We even neglect the idea of what’s not there. Or we acknowledge what’s been destroyed, while not trying quite as hard as we might to find what’s lost or misfiled.’
