Memory Training Is Not Just

With Our Blogs And Tweets, Digital Cameras, And Unlimited-gigabyte E-mail Archives, Participation In The Online Culture Now Means Creating A Trail Of Always Present, Ever Searchable, Unforgetting External Memories That Only Grows As One Ages.

It Is Forgetting, Not Remembering, That Is The Essence Of What Makes Us Human. To Make Sense Of The World, We Must Filter It. "to Think," Borges Writes, "is To Forget.

What Makes Things Memorable Is That They Are Meaningful, Significant, Colorful.

Just As We Accumulate Memories Of Facts By Integrating Them Into A Network, We Accumulate Life Experiences By Integrating Them Into A Web Of Other Chronological Memories. The Denser The Web, The Denser The Experience Of Time.

If You Want To Live A Memorable Life, You Have To Be The Kind Of Person Who Remembers To Remember.