
Brian Cotnoir | Alchemical Art, Ensouling Statues, & The Underrated Value Of Going Inward
Digital Amnesia and the Illusion of Omniscience
The conversation shifts to the dangers of outsourcing memory to digital devices, echoing Socrates' ancient warning that writing would destroy the human mind. Copenhaver notes that during the 9/11 attacks, many New Yorkers were stranded because they had not memorized essential phone numbers stored in their devices. He advocates for memorizing critical information as a safeguard against future technological failures, such as a coronal mass ejection.


