We have consigned our memory to 0s and 1s.
How was your holiday in the mountains?
Oh it’s all on camera.
Remember how you used to describe the resort, the flowers, the mist?
Do you have so-and-so’s number?
It’s on my phone, I will SMS it to you.
Remember how you could reel off tens of numbers off at the drop of a hat?
Naah, our memory is for better stuff, we can’t waste it on remembering stuff like this! Even our thoughts – we pull out strands and put it away on our blogs, like Dumbledore’s Penseive, so that you can go back, read it, and rethink that thought. But what then do we use our memory for? To remember the details of the most mindless TV shows, all the spicy gossip, the worst of swear words, passwords, pin numbers.
1 comment:
No Sav its not that bad. I can never remember phone numbers and not the best with describing the most gorgeous sight so this is a boon. As for memory I think digital era or not it depends on the person what she fills it with. birthdays, anniversaries, favourite colours of siblings and friends...
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