The Trichordist

“It’s possible to make forgetting impossible, because we can all wear our Google Glasses that will store everything we see. Whereas if you actually thought deeply about the role of forgetting in enabling us to become who we are, perhaps you would actually find some redeeming features to that process.”
–Evgeny Morozov, quoted in the Globe and Mail

Riddle me this:  Would there have been a Street View without a Wi-Spy?  Or a Wi-Spy without a Street View?  If Google had sent cars around the world with just the Wi-Spy sniffers, would they have gotten away with it for as long as they did?  Which is the more valuable to Google long term?  Pictures of your house or the location of your wi-fi?  Which gives them more hyperaccurate (you know…innovative) maps?  Can they resell the pictures of your house to the National Security Agency, or would the government be more…