How'd you like to have a cam and microphone attached to your head that recorded everything? Imagine having everything you've seen or heard recorded on disk and stored for future retrieval. Sound futuristic? Gordon Bell, a Microsoft researcher, has been pretty much recording everything for the past year, and he's excited about future possibilities for us all. What Bell is striving for is an electronic memory--one that that will not fail when he needs to recall something. This interview explores the deeper issues. Bell claims the process is "natural," even though older generations may not find it so.

The article also mentions Lethe, the river that allowed drinkers to forget. Is forgetting a luxury we should be loathe to part with?