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How the Internet Is Changing Human Memories and History
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How the Internet Is Changing Human Memories and History

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Aug 27, 2019
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Do you remember your great-grandfather? I don’t.

My grandfathers were war heroes, insofar as heroics are concerned, in the last truly global conflict. But I wouldn’t know my great-grandfather if he came up behind me and tapped on my shoulder.

Until now, the human species has lived almost entirely in the present, completely unaware of our own family member…

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