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I almost never delete things. It's a form of memory and I've definitely found it possible to go back through photos, emails and journal entries to remember what

by vertis 4y ago

I almost never delete things. It's a form of memory and I've definitely found it possible to go back through photos, emails and journal entries to remember what I was doing at that point. Memory is linked so it only takes a few sparks to put you back in context. In addtion, it's increasingly looking like LLMs will need inordinate amounts of data to get it to the next level. If we want this to be personalized this will certainly mean slurping our digital lives into a format for training (let's assume you can do this locally and maintain privacy). I'm looking forward to using these capabilities to enhance my memory, and indeed one day merge those capabilities [h+]

jacquesm 4y ago
Funny, I wish for the opposite: to be able to forget more effectively.
- vertis 4y ago
  I guess that's one way of looking at it. You still want to remember the important things though. Memories are funny in that they can be highly contextual. So a picture you took in Copenhagen, however bad/amateur the actual picture can be a hook for all the great times you had in Copenhagen. It's one of the interesting side-effects of being a digital nomad. When you're in one place and doing the same thing every day it tends to get compressed and discarded. When you're constantly changing things and experiencing friction you don't drop into that 'automatic' mode in the same way. I feel like I'm constantly being challenged.
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    I've traveled a lot, both professionally and privately and there are some 'snapshots' that I have where I am 100% sure I was there but I haven't a clue where or when it was. It's the weirdest thing. One for instance is a series of grain storage silos, one after the other and they're all falling apart. No idea where it was or in what year that was other than that it must have been while I was living in Canada. But it could have been anywhere in the United States or Canada. I'd have to backtrack all of my trips to find it again, and yet, it's clear as day, so vivid.

by vertis 4y ago

jacquesm 4y ago

Funny, I wish for the opposite: to be able to forget more effectively.

vertis 4y ago
I guess that's one way of looking at it. You still want to remember the important things though. Memories are funny in that they can be highly contextual. So a picture you took in Copenhagen, however bad/amateur the actual picture can be a hook for all the great times you had in Copenhagen. It's one of the interesting side-effects of being a digital nomad. When you're in one place and doing the same thing every day it tends to get compressed and discarded. When you're constantly changing things and experiencing friction you don't drop into that 'automatic' mode in the same way. I feel like I'm constantly being challenged.
- jacquesm 4y ago
  I've traveled a lot, both professionally and privately and there are some 'snapshots' that I have where I am 100% sure I was there but I haven't a clue where or when it was. It's the weirdest thing. One for instance is a series of grain storage silos, one after the other and they're all falling apart. No idea where it was or in what year that was other than that it must have been while I was living in Canada. But it could have been anywhere in the United States or Canada. I'd have to backtrack all of my trips to find it again, and yet, it's clear as day, so vivid.