There was a popular discussion on this topic somewhat recently on HN[1] when a Wired article from 2008 entitled To Remember Everything You Learn, Surrender to T

There was a popular discussion on this topic somewhat recently on HN[1] when a Wired article from 2008 entitled To Remember Everything You Learn, Surrender to This Algorithm made the front page. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17706776 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17706776