"Like a text recalled from a computer's hard drive, each memory was subject to editing."
— Specter, Michael (b. 1955)
Author
Work Title
Date
May 19, 2014
Metaphor
"Like a text recalled from a computer's hard drive, each memory was subject to editing."
Metaphor in Context
Nader's data could not have been clearer, or more unsettling. He had demonstrated that the very act of remembering something makes it vulnerable to change. Like a text recalled from a computer's hard drive, each memory was subject to editing. First, you have to search the computer for the text, and then bring it to the screen, at which point you can alter and save it. Whether the changes are slight or extensive, the new document is never quite the same as the original.
(p. 45)
(p. 45)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Michael Specter, "Partial Recall," The New Yorker (May 19, 2014): 38-48.
Date of Entry
05/20/2014
