There’s something attractive about not knowing. We know much more about the nineteenth century than we know about the Ancient Egyptians yet we feel somehow drawn to the latter.

I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a trend in the future to reverse the obsessive recording of everything. I think it’s wise to do what the human brain has for some reason been doing for thousands of years — forget what’s not essential to our existence. The generations after that will probably appreciate it.

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