The Future of Attention

The Future of Attention

Let’s not forget how to remember

How outsourcing memory is changing us

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Gloria Mark
Aug 07, 2026
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Modern replica of a Roman wax tablet by Peter van der Sluijs. Creative Commons license.

My husband and I use a ToDo app when we go to the grocery store. The app contains 282 potential items we can buy. The last time we shopped for the week, the receipt showed that we had bought 87 items. I could hardly believe it.

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