How Remembering Will Get Us Through the Next 75 Years
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Mary Soderstrom
Humankind has been coping with major upheavals for millennia — and past wisdom shared through stories has been an important strategy whenever a civilization or society has been faced with major challenges
Both a history of human memory and knowledge preservation, along with a call to use these tools in the upheaval ahead of us
Discusses collective memory, including oral traditions, libraries, archives, electronic storing, and the role of elders
Like Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction, explores how civilization uses knowledge preservation to build and adapt following upheavals throughout human history