Boris Short Story - The Memorias A. Funes

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The story is about a man named ideneo funes, who develops this ability of remembering absolutely everything. In spanish, it's called "funes el memorioso" This was published in 19 forty two, originally. But then it made its way in 19 forty four to the fixions anthology, part two. The narrator tells the story of a man that he met three times in his life.

David and Tamler return to Borges land to get lost in the infinite, this time with his legendary and tragic character Funes the memorious. What would it be like to have perfect memory, to have full access to every perceived detail no matter how trivial? Would life be infinitely richer, with present experience and memory merging into a perfect Heraclitan flow? Or is William James correct to say that one condition of remembering is to forget, and that “if we remembered everything, we should on most occasions be as ill off as if we remembered nothing.”?

Plus, we’re sorry, but after 10 years (!) we thought we had the right to get a little self-indulgent and naval-gazey. We do a bit of reminiscing (“though we have no right to speak that sacred verb..”) in the first segment about how the podcast has changed since 2012, and the impact it has made on our lives. Thanks for the memories!