Thursday, July 1, 2010
Introduction
In the essay "Shame and Forgetting in the Information Age," Charles Baxter dissects the difference between information and experience memory. Charles Baxter is set out to prove that there is nothing like experience memory even tho modern day is about technology and information memory. Charles Baxter's objective is to prove that information memory is only valuable if its paired with experience. Baxter displays to the people that it is necessary to forget and that forgetting typical yet ordinary so people should have no shame in forgetting information memory.
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Lonnie,
ReplyDeleteI like your insight on Baxter's thoughts. I agree with you when you said "there is nothing like experince memory even though modern day is about technology and information memory."
Hi Lonnie,
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you are saying about Baxter's purpose. I like that you say that information memory is only valuable if its paired with experience because I think it would be easy to misinterpret what he is saying as experience memory is important and information memory is not. I believe he is saying that both are necessary. I also like that you focus on how it is necessary for people to forget, that's another important part of the piece.