Societies are forgetting more
A major study has found that recollection of events of popular culture, in a society as a whole, is degrading.
In media, biographies last longer in memory than current music. Old/retro music is not in communicative memory but is remembered and accessed from the archives.
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How long can an event hold humanity's attention? There's an equation for that.
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