The Value of Memory in a World Like This

i wonder about the value of memory in a world where almost every o thing we need to know is externalized. I have vivid memories about utterly pointless and useless details from early parts of my life, like one of my frends. And emotional things, our emotional stuff sticks waigh better, unto our memory than other stuff. i would always recommend at least knowing one phone number just in case. If you don't know anything because you memorize nothing, and you have nothing in your memory. How can you put new information into context? That's a pretty, a important thing,. In times of fake news and everything an, you need to have a basic and good knowledge about stuff