Remembering 9/11: Why the Web should help us remember better

We live in an ephemeral age, where the average half-life of a tweet is seconds or minutes, not days, weeks or months. We check our digital devices for updates so often that, by the end of the day, it sometimes seems as if the news cycle has spun out of control, with so many narratives and 140-character subplots. The demands on our time sometimes appear so great that our focus on causes that truly deserve our time and attention sometimes only get a fraction of that time and attention — if any. It is easier to change the color of our avatar for a day or sign an Internet petition than it is to actually make a meaningful contribution.

via Remembering 9/11: Why the Web should help us remember better – Ideas@Innovations – The Washington Post.