David Brooks’ April 11th New York Times opinion piece, “The Great Forgetting,” could have been a thoughtful look at the social consequences of memory loss and aging. Instead, his keen observations on "the memory haves and the memory have-nots" were followed by silly jokes.
He missed the opportunity for a more serious discussion about how our hyper-cognitive society measures a person's value by the speed and accuracy of his recall.
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