Digital Memory

March 30, 2009

Remember Everything

Digital Memory

We read a lot. We read a lot of information which we would like to use later on for an article, report, or what ever. All this information is stored somewhere in our mind. Our mind is overflooded by new information every day and it seems like we forget what we read last week, month and year…

Wouldn’t it be great if you could remember everything you have ever read? Imagine you would start writing an article about evolution, wouldn’t it be great if you would have every book or article you ever read about evolution placed on the table in front of you. And if you would like to know what Dawkins has wirtten about evolution in his books, wouldn’t it be great if you would have all this in a split-second in front of you? In one of his books, you have underlined some important phrases, because you thought you would maybe use those later on, or just because they seemed special to you. You read all underlined text and remember what you thought of his theories and you have new inspiration and a reference for your article.

Everything you need is a digital search engine that makes all this possible. Online search engines like Google search the internet, but this search engine searches through everything you have ever read.

The future of reading is a digital book (like Kindle). This digital book should remember everything you have read, underlined or commented. This makes searching in everything you have ever read a whole lot easier!


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March 3, 2009

Excerpt from Henry Dreyfuss’ Symbol Sourcebook (1972):

Our Fragile Craft

At no other time has there been so concentrated an effort to protect our birthrights. A symbol for ecology has evolved: a circle, signifying wholeness, surrounded by an ellipse, indicating unity.

Adlai Stevenson said: “We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship; dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil; all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and… the love we give our fragile craft.”

Today the whole world is concerned with the air we breathe, the water we drink, and what is happening to the flora and fauna that still survive.