
19: The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
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The Importance of Choosing What to Remember
I don't believe that your brain is just this limitless obviously it's a muscle you can exercise it and it can become better. I think that there is some value in certain things but being selective about the things is an important thing of choosing what to remember and what not to remember. He uses the term on page 196 of pancake people who are spread wide and thin which I really liked, he totally get how that can be the default mode of operation. You're never going to remember everything no matter how hard you try.
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