Memory and Appetite in the Era of Emotional Synchronization
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Against the Community of Forgetfulness Is it a coincidence that at the same time left wing street protestors were knocking down statues of historical figures that the US elected a dementia patient as the president? The president of what? I can’t remember. The ‘free’ world? Democracy? The end of point of Western enlightenment? Who knows? During Covid, my brain was zapped with fear pornography from both news outlets and enforced exposure (and enclosure) with already neurotic relatives, that I’m still recovering from an atrophy of memory muscles. This makes sense, after all. Fear overrides composure—and composure is often what memory is conditioned on. Without the ability to remember to do something, catastrophe can ensue. In battle, remember to not leave your post. In surgery, remember which section to remove and which to leave in there. Men with romantic partners who also happen to be identical twins likely have the best memory of all. When danger rears its head, memory takes on a different form to ordinary peace-time life.
Memory and Appetite in the Era of Emotional Synchronization
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Memory and Appetite in the Era of Emotional Synchronization
Against the Community of Forgetfulness Is it a coincidence that at the same time left wing street protestors were knocking down statues of historical figures that the US elected a dementia patient as the president? The president of what? I can’t remember. The ‘free’ world? Democracy? The end of point of Western enlightenment? Who knows? During Covid, my brain was zapped with fear pornography from both news outlets and enforced exposure (and enclosure) with already neurotic relatives, that I’m still recovering from an atrophy of memory muscles. This makes sense, after all. Fear overrides composure—and composure is often what memory is conditioned on. Without the ability to remember to do something, catastrophe can ensue. In battle, remember to not leave your post. In surgery, remember which section to remove and which to leave in there. Men with romantic partners who also happen to be identical twins likely have the best memory of all. When danger rears its head, memory takes on a different form to ordinary peace-time life.