Keeping real life to real memory.
That's *real* memory: not RAM. At least among Millennials. And at least according to this week's Iconoculture newsletter. (Yes, I still read 'em.)
As Iconoculture editor for media, entertainment, and technology Robert van Alstyne says, he recently attended New York's CMJ Music Marathon, finding it notable "for what [he] wasn't seeing" -- the Twittering or otherwise digital recording of every moment by the mostly Millennial crowd. Van Alstyne calls it "falling out of love with documentation." I like this assessment. (I am notoriously bad, for example, at shooting photos at events or on vacation. I always find my mental memory closer and more inspiring.) Or maybe it's just frustrated narcissism: It's hard to preserve that go-to, cool-kid-in-the-right-spot image when everyone around you is capturing -- and posting -- exactly the same stuff, at exactly the same time. In either case, I'm interested to see where this goes. I'll keep ditching the digital play-by-play in favor of truly experiencing the moments. And I still won't be taking photos.
