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“[…] the purpose of memory isn’t to remember the past. The purpose of memory is to, at least in part, so that you don’t repeat the same errors that your repeate
by dejj 4y ago
“[…] the purpose of memory isn’t to remember the past. The purpose of memory is to, at least in part, so that you don’t repeat the same errors that your repeated in the past [..]”
– Jordan B. Peterson
I like to think that Spaced Repetition learning pre-empts these errors, so we are apt to recall when we productively need that memory.
[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ6_cV_RtQU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ6_cV_RtQU
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- stuckinhell 4y agoWhoa. That quote is kind of amazing. My brother committed suicide, and sometimes memories of the past really haunt me. That quote is actually really comforting.