memory

how could you build a medium to better support a person’s memory of what they read? What interactions could easily and enjoyably help people consolidate memories? And, more broadly: is it possible to 2x what people remember? 10x? And would that make any long-term difference to their effectiveness?

• What are new ways memory systems can be applied, beyond the simple, declarative knowledge of past systems?


• How deep can the understanding developed through a memory system be? What patterns will help users deepen their understanding as much as possible?


• How far can we raise the human capacity for memory? And with how much ease? What are the benefits

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To begin, it’s important to see that mediums can be designed, not just inherited. What’s more: it is possible to design new mediums which embody specific ideas . Inventors have long drawn on this unintuitive insightSee e.g. Douglas Engelbart’s 1962 “Augmenting Human Intellect” for a classic primary source or Michael Nielsen’s 2016 “Thought as a Tec... See more