After memory editing:
clarity;
emptinesses;
detachment;
the same person;
but with fog cleared away;
memory gaps that don't matter;
recorded experiences kept;
memories of blunders;
hopefully better thoughts and actions for the next few centuries.
News arrives of the black hole collision. How can Hebo profit from it?
"Though what I could actually do -
"It struck him like a fist. He stood amazed." (p. 163)
Another moment of realization. As ever, we have to wait to be told what it is:
"Avi cocked her head. 'Seems like you've suddenly had an idea.'
"'Uh-huh,' he mumbled. 'I, I'd rater not say anything. It's too vague yet. Probably too far-fetched.'" (ibid.)
It won't be.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I've wondered, is memory overload a bit like the beginnings of Alzheimer's? A slowly increasing inability to accurately judge and evaluate? And this mental fog a bit like the fuzziness due to drinking a little too much alcohol? And couldn't memory editing had been developed as a means of treating Alzheimer's?
Sean
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