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Speak Memory

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.12.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri know a lot about us – maybe TOO much about us. But when we’re gone, they also leave our loved ones with something to hold on to. In this episode, we explore how technology is helping preserve memories and changing our relationship to the past.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Quick note before we start. This episode contains mention of suicide.

0:04.4

If you need help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK.

0:11.4

That's 1-800-273-8255.

0:15.4

Anonymous and Open 24-7.

0:17.8

Okay, here's the show.

0:19.6

Emory, you know how in Game of Thrones they used to say the North remembers?

0:31.0

Then, we've been over this.

0:33.0

I didn't watch Game of Thrones.

0:35.5

Oh, yeah, that's right.

0:36.5

But I can imagine what that means, so sure.

0:38.5

Okay, I think Reddit remembers, too.

0:40.9

I heard this phrase recently and it stuck with me because it is true that inside jokes

0:46.0

and famous posts last a really long time on Reddit.

0:49.3

People will refer to old posts on new posts threads.

0:52.7

People talk about crazy stories that were posted years ago.

0:56.5

Yeah, a lot of memories.

0:58.5

But there are also posts and threads about memory.

1:01.7

Like the one we found in the explain like I'm 5 community with the headline,

1:06.7

why does our body cringe when we remember something embarrassing?

1:10.7

In response, a redditor was getting a pretty nerdy about memory in the comments.

1:16.8

I'm Tiffany and I live in Texas.

1:19.6

I've worked in the behavioral health field for well over a decade.

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