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The Scam Called “You Don't Have to Remember Anything”
“They will cease to exercise their memory and become forgetful; they will rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks.
Joshua Foer • Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
several studies have found that even knowing there’s a wealth of (seemingly) reliable information available 24/7 at our fingertips makes us less likely to store new knowledge in our own memory since we can just ‘look it up’ when needed. This is the so-called ‘Google Effect.’
How Too Much Information Can Make Us Stupid and Miserable
The End of Thinking
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