The End of Remembering

Journalist and memory champion Joshua Foer asks: how will we adapt to a new culture where most memories are stored outside the brain?

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[felpaluche]

The end of remembering is analysis.

[flyLeonardofly]

i love "Moonwalk with Einstein" ... reading it is an experience really worth remembering ...

[jetcarq]

@americanwomanFL if u arent smart enough and u dont know anything then its trash, and u need to remember how to solve some problems, but if u are smart then u dont need to remember much, only some ideas how thing work

[HomamZituni]

Gazillion hahah how professional :P but still overall I was impressed by his studies in memory

[americanwomanFL]

@jetcarq Without things in our brains, it is trash...and how do you know you will never use something???

[americanwomanFL]

@americanwomanFL opps... I hit post before I was done! Remembering things allows us to participate in what is going on around us as we recall events and people and ideas.

[americanwomanFL]

@technosasquatchfilms Hmmmm and maybe the difference between "your and you're" (among other things if one is to truly live life).

[americanwomanFL]

@xjustamem0ryx Most people aren't "living in the moment" due to technology as they must be always "plugged in". Remembering things don't keep us from doing this unless a person is dwelling so much on something it keeps him/her from living in the now. Remembering things allows us to participate in what is going on around us as.

[jetcarq]

there is no point to remember much things, all u need to know where and how to find information, brain isnt trash why u need to remember things which u will never use

[seriousbees]

The title is misleading, but i wouldnt want to watch something closer to the title. That would be all like "we are forgetting more because of modern technology yadda yadda yadda." This is pretty good, but he should go more in depth on his methods.