The Great Forgetting

How 'critical thinking' and outsourcing of memory are withering culture, and how to turn the tide

‘The disintegration of the Persistence of Memory’ by Salvador Dali

…this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves. The specific which you have discovered is an aid not to memory, but to reminiscence, and …