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Radio 3,22 Jan 2018,15 mins

SeriesForgetting

Modern Amnesia

The Essay

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Professor Francis O'Gorman examines some of the ordinary ways in which the modern, and particularly technological world makes forgetfulness part of our daily routine. All those endless PIN numbers, passwords and (not so) memorable names that we need to access our data... Francis asks whether in the daily amnesia that besets him might there be a tiny glimpse of another life? A life without demands?

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