My conviction is that a selective memory is a defence mechanism against being overflown with he noise of everything. For being able to work/live with, rely on t

My conviction is that a selective memory is a defence mechanism against being overflown with he noise of everything. For being able to work/live with, rely on the important things, construct new concepts/thought out of those managable number of selected ones instead of every piece of sand it encounters. The real important things inherently become a backbone of our self without wanting it, actively choosing or dedicating (forcing?) it to become important. The rest fade. Of course the burden of the selective mind is the need to relearn things like me with names (among others). The certainly tens but perhaps hundreds of thousands of names I met in my life makes my brain forget all names (name of a particular person) I first meet in 10 seconds now. I just pay no attention without being aware of not paying attention, it is an automation. I need to use names several times, repeatedly to become a reliable filament of the inner network forming my consciousness and the representation of the world I live in. Those who are important and part of my life will unavoidably be imprinted and solidified in my memory, the rest without use dropping out for good. Old names fading into grey like the balls of memories in the movie Inside Out.