Reading Response 5/16

5/16

After reading this article by Federica Casalegno about memory and digital space I have more questions about memory than I had before I read this article. The use of the word memory made me think of facts, knowledge and smarts. But that is not how this was approached, which surprised me. I understand that memories are formed in a community and that the idea of community is changing, so therefor memory has to change as well. This article did a good job of laying that out and I agree with many of their opinions. One question I have is: Is technology affecting our ability to memorize facts and knowledge? This article talked a little bit about this question but pushed it to the side because it was too much of an extreme stance or question to be posing. The way in which they stated it was, but I believe there is a middle ground that could be researched more. I have this question because that is what I was expecting to read about from the title. I don't think that the question of how technology is affecting our memory of facts is too extreme to address, but for some reason people think it is. You hear all the time about how technology is affecting our memory and that we are stupider than ever before, but there is never any research to back that up. I want to learn more about this aspect of memory because that is what will affect the next generation of leaders and thinkers in this world.