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Future Tense

Research Notes: Memory Mines

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A Z Mackay
Feb 12, 2025
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Why do I trust my phone’s version of last Tuesday more than my own?

Not philosophically. Practically. When someone asks what I did, I check my calendar before I check my memory. The calendar doesn’t forget. I do. And somewhere between that observation and the research trail that followed, a pattern emerged that felt worth tracking.

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