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Speaking for myself I think through childhood I have just been too damn busy all the time with school and my own projects, never actually taking time to be bore

by eulgro 3y ago

Speaking for myself I think through childhood I have just been too damn busy all the time with school and my own projects, never actually taking time to be bored and recall the past. And by not continually remembering myself the recent past, I eventually forgot about it when it became a distant past.

csdvrx 3y ago
> Speaking for myself I think through childhood I have just been too damn busy all the time with school and my own projects Me too, but I remember playing with my neighbor. The details are gone but I remember about some specific moments and experience too. > And by not continually remembering myself the recent past, I eventually forgot about it when it became a distant past. Why is it important to remember the past from such a long time ago? I remember what happened last week more clearly than what happen last year. I remember my final months in university a bit more clearly that the first year, which itself is clearer than my childhood. Actually I had to count how long ago were my final months, it's been 6 years. However, some key points and formula from the first year are still extremely clear in my head, because I've been using them frequently. Forgetting about the distant path may be a feature, not a bug: it's like a garbage collector running in the background taking care of memories that haven't been retrieved in a long time, to make room for new ones that may be more useful. Old but useful memories aren't touched by the GC. I'd say that's good: I care way more about the board game I played last week that some obscure details about childhood toys that have 0 utility in the present. Nostalgia is just a preference for the well know, causing desire to revive the past masquerading as utility, making us wrongly discount present day innovations by lack of familiarity with them.
- eulgro 3y ago
  It was a reflection I had after realizing how much others remember their childhood and I forgot most of it. It made me think on how I got there. But in the end I tend to draw the same conclusion as you do: I forgot because it had no value besides a nostalgic one. And I like you tend to rationalize nostalgy. I don't give much value to the past, except maybe an educational one.

by eulgro 3y ago

csdvrx 3y ago

> Speaking for myself I think through childhood I have just been too damn busy all the time with school and my own projects Me too, but I remember playing with my neighbor. The details are gone but I remember about some specific moments and experience too. > And by not continually remembering myself the recent past, I eventually forgot about it when it became a distant past. Why is it important to remember the past from such a long time ago? I remember what happened last week more clearly than what happen last year. I remember my final months in university a bit more clearly that the first year, which itself is clearer than my childhood. Actually I had to count how long ago were my final months, it's been 6 years. However, some key points and formula from the first year are still extremely clear in my head, because I've been using them frequently. Forgetting about the distant path may be a feature, not a bug: it's like a garbage collector running in the background taking care of memories that haven't been retrieved in a long time, to make room for new ones that may be more useful. Old but useful memories aren't touched by the GC. I'd say that's good: I care way more about the board game I played last week that some obscure details about childhood toys that have 0 utility in the present. Nostalgia is just a preference for the well know, causing desire to revive the past masquerading as utility, making us wrongly discount present day innovations by lack of familiarity with them.

eulgro 3y ago
It was a reflection I had after realizing how much others remember their childhood and I forgot most of it. It made me think on how I got there. But in the end I tend to draw the same conclusion as you do: I forgot because it had no value besides a nostalgic one. And I like you tend to rationalize nostalgy. I don't give much value to the past, except maybe an educational one.