Memory: Fragments of a Modern History by Alison Winter

Author:Alison Winter
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

To survive and leave progeny, the individual human had to keep his expectations of significant events up to date and close to reality. A marked departure from the ordinary in a consequential domain would leave him unprepared to respond adequately and endanger his survival. The “Now print!” mechanism must have evolved because of the selection value of permanently retaining biologically crucial, but unexpected events. It seems to be an irony of evolution that it is just the central newsworthy events that no longer need to be retained because cultural devices have taken over the job.26

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