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The Importance of Memory

After reading Nathan Nolan's short story, "Memento Mori", it got me thinking about how memory is what we use to explain almost everything we do. Consequently, that us humans really take our memory for granted. Memory is a peculiar concept and is also quite personal. Memory isn't only good for remembering things from the past but is also what we use everyday for things as simple as motivation. With this in mind, this short story truly emphasizes on the importance of memory and how under appreciated our memory is.

This man is stuck living in one lonely room for the rest of his life and through his "ten-minute life", Nolan displays how unproductive humans are with the lives they are given. Just like Earl, we too seem to repeat the same cycle day after day. Our memory allows us to remember what we do and ultimately prevents us from doing repeating mistakes or unfavorable actions from the past, which is overall a gift that we truly take for granted. 

Memory provides pathways and opportunities for us to do new things and make the life we are given much more interesting. While Earl's situation does not apply to this, it can be used to emphasize that something so overlooked actually has quite a g impact on our everyday lives. 

How big is the brain? Who knows—even our best efforts to calculate its capacity are flawed and meaningless.

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