405 TED 每个人都能掌握的记忆技巧

I'd like to invite you to close your eyes.

I'd like to invite you to close your eyes.

Imagine yourself standing outside the front door of your home.

Imagine yourself standing outside the front door of your home.

I like you to notice the color of the door, the material. That it's made out of.

I like you to notice the color of the door, the material. That it's made out of.

Now, visualize a pack of overweight nudists on bicycles.

Now, visualize a pack of overweight nudists on bicycles.

They are competing in a naked bicycle race, and they are headed straight for your front door.

They are competing in a naked bicycle race, and they are headed straight for your front door.

I need you to actually see this.

I need you to actually see this.

They are pedaling really hard, they're sweaty.

They are pedaling really hard, they're sweaty.

uh, They're bouncing around a lot, and they crash straight into the front door of your home.

uh, They're bouncing around a lot, and they crash straight into the front door of your home.

Bicycles fly everywhere, wheels roll past you.

Bicycles fly everywhere, wheels roll past you.

Spokes end up in awkward places.

Spokes end up in awkward places.

Step over the threshold of your door into your foyer, your hallway, whatever's on the other side, and And appreciate the quality of the light. The light is shining down on Cookie Monster.

Step over the threshold of your door into your foyer, your hallway, whatever's on the other side, and And appreciate the quality of the light. The light is shining down on Cookie Monster.

Cookie Monster is waving at you from his perch on top of a tan horse.

Cookie Monster is waving at you from his perch on top of a tan horse.

It's a talking horse.

It's a talking horse.

You can practically feel his blue fur tickling your nose.

You can practically feel his blue fur tickling your nose.

You can smell the oatmeal raisin cookie that he's about to shovel into his mouth.

You can smell the oatmeal raisin cookie that he's about to shovel into his mouth.

Walk past him.

Walk past him.

Walk past him into your living room.

Walk past him into your living room.

In your living room, in full imaginative broadband, picture Britney Spears.

In your living room, in full imaginative broadband, picture Britney Spears.

She is scantily clad.

She is scantily clad.

She's dancing on your coffee table, and she's singing Hit Me Baby One More Time.

She's dancing on your coffee table, and she's singing Hit Me Baby One More Time.

And then follow me into your kitchen.

And then follow me into your kitchen.

In your kitchen, the floor has been paved over with a yellow brick road.

In your kitchen, the floor has been paved over with a yellow brick road.

And out of your oven are coming towards you, Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Lion from The Wizard of Oz, hand in hand skipping straight towards you. OK. Open your eyes.

And out of your oven are coming towards you, Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Lion from The Wizard of Oz, hand in hand skipping straight towards you. OK. Open your eyes.

I want to tell you about a very bizarre contest that is held every spring in New York City.

I want to tell you about a very bizarre contest that is held every spring in New York City.

It's called the United States Memory Championship.

It's called the United States Memory Championship.

And I had gone to cover this contest a few years back.

And I had gone to cover this contest a few years back.

As a science journalist, expecting, I guess, that this is going to be like the Super Bowl of savants.

As a science journalist, expecting, I guess, that this is going to be like the Super Bowl of savants.

This was a bunch of guys, and a few ladies.

This was a bunch of guys, and a few ladies.

widely varying in both age and hygienic upkeep.

widely varying in both age and hygienic upkeep.

They were memorizing hundreds of random numbers, looking at them just once.

They were memorizing hundreds of random numbers, looking at them just once.

They were memorizing the names of dozens and dozens and dozens of strangers.

They were memorizing the names of dozens and dozens and dozens of strangers.

They were memorizing entire poems in just a few minutes.

They were memorizing entire poems in just a few minutes.

They were competing to see who could memorize the order of a shuffled pack of playing cards fastest.

They were competing to see who could memorize the order of a shuffled pack of playing cards fastest.

And I was like, this is unbelievable.

And I was like, this is unbelievable.

These people must be freaks of nature.

These people must be freaks of nature.

And I started talking to a few of the competitors.

And I started talking to a few of the competitors.

This is a guy called Ed Cooke who had come over from England where he had one of the best trained memories.

This is a guy called Ed Cooke who had come over from England where he had one of the best trained memories.

And I said to him, Ed, when did you realize that you were a savant?

And I said to him, Ed, when did you realize that you were a savant?

And Ed was like, I'm not a savant. In fact, I have just an average memory.

And Ed was like, I'm not a savant. In fact, I have just an average memory.

Everybody who competes in this contest will tell you that they have just an average memory.

Everybody who competes in this contest will tell you that they have just an average memory.

We've all trained ourselves to perform these utterly miraculous Feats of memory using a set of ancient techniques, techniques invented 2500 years ago in Greece, the same techniques that Cicero had used to memorize his speeches.

We've all trained ourselves to perform these utterly miraculous Feats of memory using a set of ancient techniques, techniques invented 2500 years ago in Greece, the same techniques that Cicero had used to memorize his speeches.

That medieval scholars had used to memorize entire books.

That medieval scholars had used to memorize entire books.

I was like, wow!

I was like, wow!

How come I never heard of this before?

How come I never heard of this before?

And we were standing outside the competition hall.

And we were standing outside the competition hall.

And Ed, who is a wonderful, brilliant, but somewhat eccentric English guy, says to me, Josh, you're an American journalist.

And Ed, who is a wonderful, brilliant, but somewhat eccentric English guy, says to me, Josh, you're an American journalist.

Do you know Britney Spears?

Do you know Britney Spears?

I'm like, what?

I'm like, what?

No, why?

No, why?

Because I really want to teach Britney Spears how to memorize the order of a shuffled pack of playing cards on US national television It will prove to the world that anybody can do this 哈哈哈哈哈哈。

Because I really want to teach Britney Spears how to memorize the order of a shuffled pack of playing cards on US national television It will prove to the world that anybody can do this 哈哈哈哈哈哈。

I was like, well, ha ha, I'm not Britney Spears, but maybe you could teach me.

I was like, well, ha ha, I'm not Britney Spears, but maybe you could teach me.

I mean, you gotta start somewhere, right?

I mean, you gotta start somewhere, right?

And that was the beginning of a very strange journey for me.

And that was the beginning of a very strange journey for me.

I ended up spending the better part of the next year, not only training my memory, but also investigating it, trying to understand how it works, why it sometimes doesn't work.

I ended up spending the better part of the next year, not only training my memory, but also investigating it, trying to understand how it works, why it sometimes doesn't work.

And what its potential might be.

And what its potential might be.

And I met a host of really interesting people.

And I met a host of really interesting people.

This is a guy called E.P.

This is a guy called E.P.

He's a name amnesiac who had very possibly the worst memory in the world.

He's a name amnesiac who had very possibly the worst memory in the world.

His memory was so bad that he didn't even remember he had a memory problem, which is amazing.

His memory was so bad that he didn't even remember he had a memory problem, which is amazing.

And he was this incredibly tragic figure, but he was a window into the extent to which our memories Make us who we are.

And he was this incredibly tragic figure, but he was a window into the extent to which our memories Make us who we are.

The other end of the spectrum, I met this guy, this is Kim Peek.

The other end of the spectrum, I met this guy, this is Kim Peek.

He was the basis for Dustin Hoffman's character in the movie Rain Man.

He was the basis for Dustin Hoffman's character in the movie Rain Man.

We spent an afternoon together in the Salt Lake City Public Library memorizing phone books, which was scintillating.

We spent an afternoon together in the Salt Lake City Public Library memorizing phone books, which was scintillating.

And I went back, and I read a whole host of memory treatises, treatises written 2,000 plus years ago, in Latin, in antiquity, and then later in the Middle Ages.

And I went back, and I read a whole host of memory treatises, treatises written 2,000 plus years ago, in Latin, in antiquity, and then later in the Middle Ages.

And I learned a whole bunch of really interesting stuff.

And I learned a whole bunch of really interesting stuff.

One of the really interesting things that I learned is that once upon a time, this idea of having a trained, disciplined, cultivated memory was not nearly so alien as it would seem to us to be today.

One of the really interesting things that I learned is that once upon a time, this idea of having a trained, disciplined, cultivated memory was not nearly so alien as it would seem to us to be today.

Once upon a time, people invested in their memories, in laboriously furnishing their minds.

Once upon a time, people invested in their memories, in laboriously furnishing their minds.

Over the last few millennium, we've invented a series of technologies from the alphabet, to the scroll, the codex, the printing press, photography, the computer, the smartphone.

Over the last few millennium, we've invented a series of technologies from the alphabet, to the scroll, the codex, the printing press, photography, the computer, the smartphone.

That have made it progressively easier and easier for us to externalize our memories, for us to essentially outsource this fundamental human capacity.

That have made it progressively easier and easier for us to externalize our memories, for us to essentially outsource this fundamental human capacity.

These technologies have made our modern world possible, but they've also changed us.

These technologies have made our modern world possible, but they've also changed us.

They've changed us culturally, and I would argue that they've changed us cognitively.

They've changed us culturally, and I would argue that they've changed us cognitively.

Having little need to remember anymore, it sometimes seems like we forgotten how.

Having little need to remember anymore, it sometimes seems like we forgotten how.

One of the last places on earth where you still find people passionate about this idea of a trained, disciplined, cultivated memory.

One of the last places on earth where you still find people passionate about this idea of a trained, disciplined, cultivated memory.

Is that this totally singular memory contest?

Is that this totally singular memory contest?

It's actually not that singular, their contests held all over the world.

It's actually not that singular, their contests held all over the world.

And I was fascinated, I wanted to know how do these guys do it?

And I was fascinated, I wanted to know how do these guys do it?

A few years back, a group of researchers at University College London brought a bunch of memory champions into the lab.

A few years back, a group of researchers at University College London brought a bunch of memory champions into the lab.

They wanted to know, do these guys have brains that are somehow structurally, anatomically different from the rest of ours? The answer was no.

They wanted to know, do these guys have brains that are somehow structurally, anatomically different from the rest of ours? The answer was no.

Are they smarter than the rest of us?

Are they smarter than the rest of us?

They gave a bunch of cognitive tests, and the answer was not really.

They gave a bunch of cognitive tests, and the answer was not really.

There was however one really interesting and telling difference between the brains of the memory champions and the control subjects that they were comparing them to.

There was however one really interesting and telling difference between the brains of the memory champions and the control subjects that they were comparing them to.

When they put these guys in an fMRI machine, scanned their brains while they were memorizing numbers and people's faces and pictures of snowflakes.

When they put these guys in an fMRI machine, scanned their brains while they were memorizing numbers and people's faces and pictures of snowflakes.

They found that the memory champions were lighting up different parts of the brain than everyone else.

They found that the memory champions were lighting up different parts of the brain than everyone else.

Of note, they were using or they seemed to be using a part of the brain that's involved in spatial memory and navigation.

Of note, they were using or they seemed to be using a part of the brain that's involved in spatial memory and navigation.

Why?

Why?

And is there something that the rest of us can learn from this?

And is there something that the rest of us can learn from this?

The sport of competitive memorizing is driven by a kind of arms race, where every year somebody comes up with a new way to remember more stuff more quickly, and then the rest of the field has to play catch up.

The sport of competitive memorizing is driven by a kind of arms race, where every year somebody comes up with a new way to remember more stuff more quickly, and then the rest of the field has to play catch up.

This is my friend Ben Pridmore, 3 time world memory champion.

This is my friend Ben Pridmore, 3 time world memory champion.

On his desk in front of him are 36 shuffled packs of playing cards that he is about to try to memorize in one hour.

On his desk in front of him are 36 shuffled packs of playing cards that he is about to try to memorize in one hour.

Using a technique that he invented, and he alone has mastered.

Using a technique that he invented, and he alone has mastered.

He used a similar technique to memorize the precise order of 4,000140 random binary digits in half an hour.

He used a similar technique to memorize the precise order of 4,000140 random binary digits in half an hour.

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And while there are a whole host of ways of remembering stuff in these competitions.

And while there are a whole host of ways of remembering stuff in these competitions.

Everything, all of the techniques that are being used ultimately come down to a concept that psychologists refer to as elaborative encoding.

Everything, all of the techniques that are being used ultimately come down to a concept that psychologists refer to as elaborative encoding.

And it's well illustrated by an iffy paradox.

And it's well illustrated by an iffy paradox.

Known as the Baker Baker Paradox, which goes like this.

Known as the Baker Baker Paradox, which goes like this.

If I tell two people to remember the same word, if I say to you, remember that there is a guy named Baker.

If I tell two people to remember the same word, if I say to you, remember that there is a guy named Baker.

That's his name.

That's his name.

And I say to you, remember that there is a guy who is a baker, okay?

And I say to you, remember that there is a guy who is a baker, okay?

And I come back to you at some point later on.

And I come back to you at some point later on.

And I say, do you remember that word that I told you a while back?

And I say, do you remember that word that I told you a while back?

Do you remember what it was?

Do you remember what it was?

The person who is told his name is a baker is less likely to remember the same word.

The person who is told his name is a baker is less likely to remember the same word.

And the person who was told his job is that he is a baker.

And the person who was told his job is that he is a baker.

Same word, different amount of remembering.

Same word, different amount of remembering.

That's weird.

That's weird.

What's going on here?

What's going on here?

Well, the name baker doesn't actually mean anything to you.

Well, the name baker doesn't actually mean anything to you.

It is entirely untethered from all of the other memories floating around in your skull.

It is entirely untethered from all of the other memories floating around in your skull.

But the common noun baker, we know bakers, bakers wear funny white hats.

But the common noun baker, we know bakers, bakers wear funny white hats.

Bakers have flour on their hands.

Bakers have flour on their hands.

Bakers smell good when they come home from work.

Bakers smell good when they come home from work.

Maybe we even know a baker.

Maybe we even know a baker.

And when we first hear that word, we start putting these associational hooks into it, that make it easier to fish it back out at some later date.

And when we first hear that word, we start putting these associational hooks into it, that make it easier to fish it back out at some later date.

The entire art of what is going on in these memory contests, and the entire art of remembering stuff better in everyday life, is figuring out ways to transform capital B bakers.

The entire art of what is going on in these memory contests, and the entire art of remembering stuff better in everyday life, is figuring out ways to transform capital B bakers.

into lowercase bakers.

into lowercase bakers.

to take information that is lacking in context, insignificance, in meaning, and transform it in some way so that it becomes meaningful in the light of all of the other things. That you have in your mind.

to take information that is lacking in context, insignificance, in meaning, and transform it in some way so that it becomes meaningful in the light of all of the other things. That you have in your mind.

One of the more elaborate techniques for doing this dates back 2500 years to ancient Greece, came to be known as the memory palace. The story behind its creation goes like this.

One of the more elaborate techniques for doing this dates back 2500 years to ancient Greece, came to be known as the memory palace. The story behind its creation goes like this.

There was a poet called Simonides, who was attending a banquet.

There was a poet called Simonides, who was attending a banquet.

He was actually the hired entertainment, because back then, if you want to throw a really slam and party, you You didn't hire a DJ, you hired a poet.

He was actually the hired entertainment, because back then, if you want to throw a really slam and party, you You didn't hire a DJ, you hired a poet.

And he stands up, delivers his poem from memory, walks out the door, and at the moment he does.

And he stands up, delivers his poem from memory, walks out the door, and at the moment he does.

The banquet hall collapses.

The banquet hall collapses.

Kills everybody inside.

Kills everybody inside.

Doesn't just kill everybody, it mangles the bodies beyond all recognition. Nobody can say who was inside.

Doesn't just kill everybody, it mangles the bodies beyond all recognition. Nobody can say who was inside.

Nobody can say where they were sitting.

Nobody can say where they were sitting.

The bodies can't be properly buried. It's one tragedy compounding another.

The bodies can't be properly buried. It's one tragedy compounding another.

Simonides standing outside, the sole survivor amid the wreckage, closes his eyes and has this realization, which is that in his mind's eye He can see where each of the guests at the banquet had been sitting.

Simonides standing outside, the sole survivor amid the wreckage, closes his eyes and has this realization, which is that in his mind's eye He can see where each of the guests at the banquet had been sitting.

And he takes the relatives by the hand and guides them each to their loved ones amid the wreckage.

And he takes the relatives by the hand and guides them each to their loved ones amid the wreckage.

What Simonides figured out at that moment is something that I think we all kind of intuitively know, which is that as bad as we are at remembering Names and phone numbers, and word for word instructions from our colleagues. We have really exceptional visual and spatial memories.

What Simonides figured out at that moment is something that I think we all kind of intuitively know, which is that as bad as we are at remembering Names and phone numbers, and word for word instructions from our colleagues. We have really exceptional visual and spatial memories.

If I asked you to recount the first 10 words of the story that I just told you about Simonides, chances are you would have a tough time with it.

If I asked you to recount the first 10 words of the story that I just told you about Simonides, chances are you would have a tough time with it.

But I I would wager that if I asked you to recall who is sitting on top of a talking tan horse in your foyer right now.

But I I would wager that if I asked you to recall who is sitting on top of a talking tan horse in your foyer right now.

You would be able to see that.

You would be able to see that.

The idea behind the memory palace is to create this imagined edifice in your mind's eye, and populate it with images of the things that you want to remember.

The idea behind the memory palace is to create this imagined edifice in your mind's eye, and populate it with images of the things that you want to remember.

The crazier, weirder, more bizarre, funnier, raunchier, stinkier the image is, the more unforgettable it's likely to be.

The crazier, weirder, more bizarre, funnier, raunchier, stinkier the image is, the more unforgettable it's likely to be.

This is advice that goes back 2,000 plus years to the earliest Latin memory treatises.

This is advice that goes back 2,000 plus years to the earliest Latin memory treatises.

So how does this work? Let's say that you've been invited.

So how does this work? Let's say that you've been invited.

To ted center stage to give a speech, and you wanna do it from memory, and you wanna do it the way that Cicero would have done it.

To ted center stage to give a speech, and you wanna do it from memory, and you wanna do it the way that Cicero would have done it.

If he had been invited to TEDx Rome two thousand years ago.

If he had been invited to TEDx Rome two thousand years ago.

What you might do is picture yourself at the front door of your house.

What you might do is picture yourself at the front door of your house.

And you'd come up with some sort of an absolutely crazy, ridiculous, unforgettable image to remind you that the first thing you want to talk about is this totally bizarre Contest.

And you'd come up with some sort of an absolutely crazy, ridiculous, unforgettable image to remind you that the first thing you want to talk about is this totally bizarre Contest.

And then you go inside your house, and you would see an image of Cookie Monster on top of Mister Ed.

And then you go inside your house, and you would see an image of Cookie Monster on top of Mister Ed.

And that would remind you that you want to then introduce your friend Ed Cook.

And that would remind you that you want to then introduce your friend Ed Cook.

And then you'd see an image of Britney Spears to remind you of this funny anecdote you wanna tell.

And then you'd see an image of Britney Spears to remind you of this funny anecdote you wanna tell.

And you go into your kitchen, and the fourth topic you were gonna talk about was this strange journey that you went on for a year, and you'd have Some friends to help you remember that.

And you go into your kitchen, and the fourth topic you were gonna talk about was this strange journey that you went on for a year, and you'd have Some friends to help you remember that.

This is how Roman orators memorize their speeches, not word for word, which is just gonna screw you up, but topic for topic.

This is how Roman orators memorize their speeches, not word for word, which is just gonna screw you up, but topic for topic.

In fact, the phrase topic sentence.

In fact, the phrase topic sentence.

That comes from the Greek word topos.

That comes from the Greek word topos.

Which means place.

Which means place.

That's a vestige of when people used to think about oratory and rhetoric in these sorts of spatial terms.

That's a vestige of when people used to think about oratory and rhetoric in these sorts of spatial terms.

The phrase in the first place.

The phrase in the first place.

That's like in the first place of your memory palace.

That's like in the first place of your memory palace.

I thought this was just fascinating, and I got really into it.

I thought this was just fascinating, and I got really into it.

And I went to a few more of these memory contests, and I had this notion that I might write something longer about this subculture of competitive memorizers.

And I went to a few more of these memory contests, and I had this notion that I might write something longer about this subculture of competitive memorizers.

But there was a problem.

But there was a problem.

The problem was that a memory contest is a pathologically boring event.

The problem was that a memory contest is a pathologically boring event.

Truly, it is like a bunch of people sitting around taking the SATs.

Truly, it is like a bunch of people sitting around taking the SATs.

I mean the most dramatic it gets is when somebody starts massaging their temples, and I'm a journalist, I need something to write about.

I mean the most dramatic it gets is when somebody starts massaging their temples, and I'm a journalist, I need something to write about.

You know, I know that there's this incredible stuff happening in these people's minds, but I don't have access to it.

You know, I know that there's this incredible stuff happening in these people's minds, but I don't have access to it.

And I realized if I was gonna tell this story, I needed to walk in their shoes a little bit.

And I realized if I was gonna tell this story, I needed to walk in their shoes a little bit.

And so, I started trying to spend 15 or 20 minutes every morning before I sat down with my New York Times, just trying to remember something.

And so, I started trying to spend 15 or 20 minutes every morning before I sat down with my New York Times, just trying to remember something.

Maybe it was a poem.

Maybe it was a poem.

Maybe it was names from an old yearbook that I bought at a flea market.

Maybe it was names from an old yearbook that I bought at a flea market.

And I found that this was shockingly fun.

And I found that this was shockingly fun.

I never would have expected that.

I never would have expected that.

It was fun because this is actually not about training your memory.

It was fun because this is actually not about training your memory.

What you're doing is you're trying to get better and better and better at creating, at dreaming up these utterly ludicrous, raunchy, hilarious, and hopefully unforgettable images in your mind's eye.

What you're doing is you're trying to get better and better and better at creating, at dreaming up these utterly ludicrous, raunchy, hilarious, and hopefully unforgettable images in your mind's eye.

And I got pretty into it.

And I got pretty into it.

This is me wearing my Standard competitive memorizers training kit.

This is me wearing my Standard competitive memorizers training kit.

It's a pair of earmuffs and a set of safety goggles that have been masked over, except for two small pinholes. Because distraction is the competitive memorizer's greatest Enemy.

It's a pair of earmuffs and a set of safety goggles that have been masked over, except for two small pinholes. Because distraction is the competitive memorizer's greatest Enemy.

I ended up coming back to that same contest that I had covered a year earlier.

I ended up coming back to that same contest that I had covered a year earlier.

And I had this notion that I might enter it sort of as an experiment in participatory journalism.

And I had this notion that I might enter it sort of as an experiment in participatory journalism.

It make I thought maybe a nice epilogue to all my research.

It make I thought maybe a nice epilogue to all my research.

Problem was the experiment went haywire. I won the contest.

Problem was the experiment went haywire. I won the contest.

Which rea- which really wasn't supposed to happen.

Which rea- which really wasn't supposed to happen.

Now, it is nice to be able to memorize speeches and uh phone numbers and shopping lists, but it's actually kind of beside the point.

Now, it is nice to be able to memorize speeches and uh phone numbers and shopping lists, but it's actually kind of beside the point.

These are just tricks.

These are just tricks.

They are tricks that work because they are based on some pretty basic principles about how our brains work.

They are tricks that work because they are based on some pretty basic principles about how our brains work.

And you don't have to be Building memory palaces or memorizing packs of playing cards to benefit from a little bit of insight about how your mind work.

And you don't have to be Building memory palaces or memorizing packs of playing cards to benefit from a little bit of insight about how your mind work.

We often talk about people with great memories as though it were some sort of an innate gift, but that is not the case.

We often talk about people with great memories as though it were some sort of an innate gift, but that is not the case.

Great memories are learned.

Great memories are learned.

At the most basic level, we remember when we pay attention.

At the most basic level, we remember when we pay attention.

We remember when we are deeply engaged.

We remember when we are deeply engaged.

We remember when we are able to take a piece of information and experience And figure out why it is meaningful to us, why it is significant, why it's colorful.

We remember when we are able to take a piece of information and experience And figure out why it is meaningful to us, why it is significant, why it's colorful.

When we're able to transform it in some way that it make sense in the light of all of the other things.

When we're able to transform it in some way that it make sense in the light of all of the other things.

Floating around in our minds, when we're able to transform bakers into bakers.

Floating around in our minds, when we're able to transform bakers into bakers.

The memory palace, these memory techniques, they're just shortcuts.

The memory palace, these memory techniques, they're just shortcuts.

In fact, they're not even really shortcuts. They work because they make you work.

In fact, they're not even really shortcuts. They work because they make you work.

They force a kind of depth of processing, a kind of mindfulness that most of us don't normally walk around exercising. But there actually are no shortcuts.

They force a kind of depth of processing, a kind of mindfulness that most of us don't normally walk around exercising. But there actually are no shortcuts.

This is how stuff is made memorable.

This is how stuff is made memorable.

And I think if there's one thing that I want to leave you with, it's what E.P the amnesiac who Couldn't even remember that he had a memory problem left me with, which is the notion that our lives.

And I think if there's one thing that I want to leave you with, it's what E.P the amnesiac who Couldn't even remember that he had a memory problem left me with, which is the notion that our lives.

Are the sum of our memories. How much?

Are the sum of our memories. How much?

Are we willing to lose from our already short lives?

Are we willing to lose from our already short lives?

By losing ourselves in our blackberries, our iPhones, by.

By losing ourselves in our blackberries, our iPhones, by.

Not paying attention to the human being across from us who is talking with us, by being so lazy that we're not willing to process deeply.

Not paying attention to the human being across from us who is talking with us, by being so lazy that we're not willing to process deeply.

I learned firsthand that there are incredible memory capacities latent in all of us. But if you want to live a memorable life.

I learned firsthand that there are incredible memory capacities latent in all of us. But if you want to live a memorable life.

You have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember. Thank you.

You have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember. Thank you.