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a case for forgetting (an accidental case for dying)

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I have read four sci-fi short stories in recent memory, and two of them have been produced in the Netflix series “Love, Death, and Robots”. One of them is “Zima Blue”, and as typical of someone who’s ‘read the book’ (it was a pdf), I have some complaints. They completely omitted the dialogue the journalist had with artist (Zima), on the journalist’s choice to use an infallible AM (augmented memory) device versus a neural implant that functioned like an extension of natural memory: “But if the AM had accompanied me, I’d have a flawless record of how things really were.” “You would,” Zima said. “But that isn’t living memory. It’s photography; a mechanical recording process. It freezes out the imagination; leaves no scope for details to be selectively misremembered…The memories stored in the AM are fixed for eternity. You can query it as often as you like, but it will never enhance or omit a single detail.” “In contrast, neural implants are “necessarily plastic, malleable, subject to erro

a case for forgetting (an accidental case for dying) a case for forgetting (an accidental case for dying) date initiated: 2023 August 3 last updated: 2024 April 10 I have read four sci-fi short stories in recent memory, and two of them have been produced in the Netflix series “Love, Death, and Robots”. One of them is “Zima Blue”, and as typical of someone who’s ‘read the book’ (it was a pdf ), I have some complaints. They completely omitted the dialogue the journalist had with artist (Zima), on the journalist’s choice to use an infallible AM (augmented memory) device versus a neural implant th

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