• Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Yep. Memory is really silly. It’s why journaling is important. But journaling itself can be deceiving if one isn’t recording truths or is leaving out critical components.

    I often wonder what the world would become if we had technology that auto journaled and was immutable. Would we be still so easily be led astray or would we contort ourselves in some other way to cling to our biases and cognitive distortions.

    • Echolynx@lemmy.zip
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      3 days ago

      Journaling is also incredibly subjective, but there is nothing to beat firsthand experience from the moment itself. I’ve got a terrible memory and always wish I had a better habit of journaling so that I could actually remember things that happen…