Micheal Pollan in Botany of Desire has a lot of good stuff about the importance of forgetting: https://books.google.com/books?id=Woywyw8LlcgC&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162

Micheal Pollan in Botany of Desire has a lot of good stuff about the importance of forgetting: https://books.google.com/books?id=Woywyw8LlcgC&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=botany+of+desire+%27For+it+is+only+by+forgetting+that+we+ever+really&source=bl&ots=EMnV0eX6e_&sig=ax7kyOVMzSIAG373IYGxAhYZyC4&hl=ru&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnuKbB-LjcAhVBdt8KHTiIB7cQ6AEwAnoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=botany%20of%20desire%20'For%20it%20is%20only%20by%20forgetting%20that%20we%20ever%20really&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=Woywyw8LlcgC&pg=PA162&lpg=... > For it is only by forgetting that we ever really drop the thread of time and approach the experience of living in the present moment.