Why You Forget Why You Walked Into A Room
Your brain tags memories with location. Walk through a doorway, and the system files the last room away β taking your reason with it.
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Rabbit hole
The strange firmware that runs your everyday mind.
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Your brain tags memories with location. Walk through a doorway, and the system files the last room away β taking your reason with it.
The years don't actually pass faster. Your perception of them does β and it's about proportion, novelty, and the rate at which you form memories.
An earworm is your brain rehearsing a 15-second loop it can't finish. The cure is to actually finish it β or do a puzzle.
The last bite tastes best, the last page is bittersweet, the last concert of the tour hits hardest. Scarcity edits your memory in real time.