Comments on: The Way We Remember Now http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/ Berkman investigators, fellows, research assistants and interns sound off about all things Digital Natives Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:09:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Poze http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/comment-page-1/#comment-6105 Poze Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:43:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/#comment-6105 Good point. Thank you ! Good point. Thank you !

]]> By: Saqib Ali http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Saqib Ali Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:42:47 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/#comment-736 “Why should I memorize something when I know where to find it?” That is a very scientific way to look at things. :) Not being a scientist (or engineer), I like to take pride in remembering exact dates of the historical events, names associated with those events, and details etc. I also like to remember names of folks I meet - even if it is just once. However, I can't remember my own home number. I have no clue what it is. It is not that my brain cells can not hold another 7 digits - it is just that I never have to call myself :-) “Why should I memorize something when I know where to find it?”
That is a very scientific way to look at things. :)

Not being a scientist (or engineer), I like to take pride in remembering exact dates of the historical events, names associated with those events, and details etc. I also like to remember names of folks I meet – even if it is just once.

However, I can’t remember my own home number. I have no clue what it is. It is not that my brain cells can not hold another 7 digits – it is just that I never have to call myself :-)

]]> By: Holly http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/comment-page-1/#comment-735 Holly Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:47:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/#comment-735 There's a story I think about often in these cases: In 1955, before his death, a newspaper reporter was interviewing Albert Einstein. At the end of the interview, the reporter asked if he could have Einstein's telephone number so he could call if he had any further questions. “Certainly” replied Einstein. He walked over to a small table, picked up the telephone book and looked up his phone number, then he wrote it on a slip of paper and handed it to the reporter. Trying not to look dumbfounded, the reporter asked, "You’re considered one of the smartest men in the world and you can't remember your own phone number?” Einstein looked at him with amusement and replied, “Why should I memorize something when I know where to find it?” There’s a story I think about often in these cases:

In 1955, before his death, a newspaper reporter was interviewing Albert Einstein. At the end of the interview, the reporter asked if he could have Einstein’s telephone number so he could call if he had any further questions. “Certainly” replied Einstein. He walked over to a small table, picked up the telephone book and looked up his phone number, then he wrote it on a slip of paper and handed it to the reporter.

Trying not to look dumbfounded, the reporter asked, “You’re considered one of the smartest men in the world and you can’t remember your own phone number?” Einstein looked at him with amusement and replied, “Why should I memorize something when I know where to find it?”

]]> By: Test--sorry http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Test--sorry Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:50:47 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/#comment-720 Test. Test.

]]> By: Inger http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/comment-page-1/#comment-715 Inger Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:24:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/#comment-715 The internet can offer us tools for thinking, but also tools for remembering. Bookmarking, like del.icio.us, is one way to remember. Writing your own blog is another way. But if you just store the information and never look back, never reflect on what is there, it will be like the information learned at school, that is taught, but almost all forgotten some years later.. The internet can offer us tools for thinking, but also tools for remembering. Bookmarking, like del.icio.us, is one way to remember. Writing your own blog is another way. But if you just store the information and never look back, never reflect on what is there, it will be like the information learned at school, that is taught, but almost all forgotten some years later..

]]> By: Saqib Ali http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/comment-page-1/#comment-714 Saqib Ali Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:19:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/06/17/the-way-we-remember-now/#comment-714 One to thing note is that wikis and other collaborative web 2.0 apps contribute to the preservation of "societal memory" and not necessarily the memories of the individuals involved. This is one of the problems with collaborative recording of the history. "Recall the days that still are to come." - Jerry Garcia One to thing note is that wikis and other collaborative web 2.0 apps contribute to the preservation of “societal memory” and not necessarily the memories of the individuals involved. This is one of the problems with collaborative recording of the history.

“Recall the days that still are to come.” – Jerry Garcia

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