
So: If you want to remember facts better, use your newfound attentional resources to create a little contextual nest for your new fact to live in. Read up on some background. Pause every few minutes to consider what you just read and think about …
Creating memories inside the brain takes energy. So now that all the information in the world is inside your phone, it stands to reason our brains might convert semantic memories, all those useless facts, to transactive ones. In short, Google is becoming an external memory drive. You can feel like you know something — and e…