Thursday 29 April 2004

External scaffolding

I'm a forgetful man. I could tell you the names of most people in my classes at school or college, but when it comes to the contents of books or plots of films I'm usually stumped. I've often wondered whether it's worth plodding through several hundred pages of a non-fiction book when a couple of weeks later I might only remember a couple of ideas. I deeply, deeply envy people who can rattle off quotes and references as if Google is squatting behind their eyes.

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