I wrote some things about the act of #forgetting , especially in the context of digital spaces. In short, I think we should develop better ways to do it, and I'm curious to hear if this matches anyone else's perception. These thoughts may be a bit basic, but they were new to me.
https://www.alkoclick.space/imperfect-storage-mediums-are-ideal
»Tacit Knowledge, Weapons Design, and
the Uninventionof Nuclear Weapons« by Donald MacKenzie and Graham Spinardi
Why you can remember every word of a song from 25 years ago – but not why you walked into the room: The doorway effect
When you move from one physical space to another, the brain updates context. It segments experience into discrete #episodes.
The intention formed in the previous room – “get my glasses”, “find my charger” – was encoded in that earlier context. Crossing a threshold can weaken the retrieval cue. The #task disappears ...
#memory #brain #forgetting #forgot
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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher and poet
Jenseits von Gut und Böse [Beyond Good and Evil], Aphorism 217 (1886) [tr. Zimmern (1906)]
More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/nietzsche-friedrich/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #nietzsche #blessing #blunder #error #forgetful #forgetfulness #forgetting #fretting #getover #mistake #notworryabout #setaside #shame #stupidity #unremembered #worry
Blessed are the forgetful: for they "get the better" even of their blunders. [Selig sind die Vergesslichen: denn sie werden auch mit ihren Dummheiten "fertig".] Quoted by Mary Svevo (Kirsten Dunst) in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). The character says she found it in Bartlett's. (Source (German)). Other…
L'Art de l'Oubli et du Souvenir : Une Annonce de Bus Japonaise comme Métaphore Cognitive
The Cognitive Nudge: A Japanese Bus Announcement as a Design for Memory
Die kognitive Poesie der Busdurchsage: Eine japanische Aufforderung zur Achtsamkeit
"Please remember what you were about to forget." How a recorded announcement on Japanese buses sticks in my mind (and maybe yours).
Alex Papageorgiou
Jan D
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WhileWereBothRunning
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Adrian Segar
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