The essay "Shame and Forgetting in the Information Age" by Charles Baxter, being with the story from Baxter's brother which I think is the muse for Baxter to started this essay
The purpose for this essay is to point out that in the information age, face to the information-inflation, people needs to have the ability of resistance for it, and be able to filtrate out what are important(information for experience), and erasure others. Like the author mentioned at the very beginning "We have transformed information into a form of garbage" it is implied that erasure is inevitably, in other words, forgetting is inevitably, we do not have to always feel shame because of forgetting.
Quotes:
"No one can absorb all the information" (146).
"Maybe Erasure is Necessary(153)
"what meaning does forgetfulness possess in an information age?"(146)
“Many people seem to believe that remembering is simply a matter of willpower” (147)
“Forgetfulness means that your mind may have crashed. It may, paradoxically, set you free” (148).
Hi Zhen Zhen!
ReplyDeleteI like the sentence "it is implied that erasure is inevitably, in other words, forgetting is inevitably, we do not have to always feel shame because of forgetting."
because I do forget a lot, haha
Hi Zheng Zhen,
ReplyDeleteAs you say, I agree that people need some kind of ablilities for filtering the information.
Hi Zheng Zhen,
ReplyDeleteYou have a good start, its good how you connect erasure and forgetting with information and how information can be garbage. By filtering out information for experience, I assume your trying to find a balance between the two.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteYes, people need to filter information and keep what is important and get rid of the rest. Erasure and forgetting information can be a good thing.
Elise