As human beings we’ve tried to define our relationship with machines since they first appeared. When the development and spread of computers became unstoppable, we subconsciously began to fear that perhaps they would replace us in the future,...

In recent years, thanks to the Internet, our opportunities to express opinions and make judgments has increased exponentially, in the form of both ‘thumbs up’ and longer reviews. Unlike cocktail hour banter, however, our comments do not float away...

Let’s start with this observation: modern software applications collect information from remote sources and then produce new data in turn. Storage is not a problem anymore: Cloud technology gives us almost infinite space at a sustainable price....