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I think David Lynch nailed it in Lost Highway:

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Ed: Do you own a video camera?

Renee Madison: No. Fred hates them.

Fred Madison: I like to remember things my own way.

Ed: What do you mean by that?

Fred Madison: How I remembered them. Not necessarily the way they happened.

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I used to own a DSLR, it was great for planned shots when settings things up for something special (e.g. my dog in mid air jumping over a fallen tree in the woods).

It's a nice hobby but I lost interest and now I just shoot stuff randomly with my iPhone.

It's a nice thing to have, but I think there's a purpose in forgetting, keeping track of everything can become a burden.

We're too obsessed with this, people can't even take a jog any longer without tracking pulse, calories, route etc.

It's too much, and it's making many of us miserable.



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