Moonwalking with Einstein: the Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer.
Technology enables companies to offer free storage to store stuff, last I heard, up to 1 TB per user. “Is there such a capacity for humans to remember everything?” More importantly, can our brain retrieve the information?
This is a true story of a journalist in his journey into the finals of US Memory Championships. In the championships, among many things, it tests the ability to remember names, numbers, people, cards using variety of techniques such as memory palace, intensive reading. The true story covers a variety of memory techniques; and enriched by a parallel documentation of the history of memory management from internal to external media;
intertwined with the stories of a few unusual human beings.
This is a story of “what one could achieve with commitment” and “the history of memory management”.
The author provides content and flavor; and tells the story in both a personal and professional manner. He turns a seemingly dry topic into a very enjoyable read. Not to mention that the reader grasps a few useful techniques to remember better.
If you are looking for a good read, or ways to reverse your perception of failing memory, check this out, and I hope you would enjoy the read as much as I do.
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