People used to say that goldfish have a three-second memory? This, they argued, was why it was OK to keep them in tiny bowls. Supposedly, they just weren't smart enough to know that they were being deprived. Who knows how true this is or ever was? But wouldn't such a short memory be a blessing, not a curse? If only you and I had such a thing, every moment of our lives could then be spent only in the here and now. Much of what you currently feel obliged to remember in detail is now surprisingly safe to forget.
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