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Sometimes it's better to forget than to remember. Maybe it's an embarrassing photo on Facebook. Or perhaps a collective memory that's been used by certain ethnic groups to stir up hatred of their enemies. We explore the science, history and philosophy of memory. Plus, filmmaker Whit Stillman on his film adaptation of a forgotten Jane Austen novel. How Embarrassing!; Meg Leta Jones on the Right to be Forgotten; War, Peace and Historical Memory; The Woman Who Never Forgets; The Science of Remembering; Simon Critchley on Memory Palaces; Whit Stillman on Jane Austen.
By Wonder Cabinet Productions4.6
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Sometimes it's better to forget than to remember. Maybe it's an embarrassing photo on Facebook. Or perhaps a collective memory that's been used by certain ethnic groups to stir up hatred of their enemies. We explore the science, history and philosophy of memory. Plus, filmmaker Whit Stillman on his film adaptation of a forgotten Jane Austen novel. How Embarrassing!; Meg Leta Jones on the Right to be Forgotten; War, Peace and Historical Memory; The Woman Who Never Forgets; The Science of Remembering; Simon Critchley on Memory Palaces; Whit Stillman on Jane Austen.

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