Memories are a Means of Grieving Your Death

The macabre reality of time and what we ought to do with it.

The future will be enacted in the present by people who morbidly understand but also effectively use the gift of memory.

I’m posting this so that it comes up on my timeline every year.

I think social media is the new scrapbook. I grew up in an epoch of history where you actually had to take a picture, with a camera, print the picture, cut it with a variety of scissor styles, glue the picture onto paper, and then add various stickers or handwritten descriptions in order to eloquently remember a moment. Technology has changed the game. But it hasn’t changed the human desire to remember the past.

Why do we sentient beings have such a propensity to bask in the nostalgia of what is now gone?

There is a multiplicity of value to recollection and remembrance. It maintains heritage, aids in collective development beyond the lifespan of individuals, and also acts as a reminder of your dependence on other people and the past. Having a memory ensures that we don’t repeat mistakes, that we continue progress appropriately, and that we live according to a strain of existence that we are reliant on. We are traveling the map of life. Best to use the markings of our previous travels and…