MFSA066: The Past Is A Foreign Country
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English - August 05, 2018 00:51 - 1 hour - 232 MBMusic progressive house electronica edm melbourne australia techno ambient area709 electro Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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I read somewhere that our memories change every time we recall them. Each time we remember something it seems we are reassembling the story anew, distorting and reshaping the past through the influence of present day emotions and values.
English philosopher John Locke posited that our identity only persists as far back as we can remember. But basing our idea of who we are on a foundation of distant, intangible, and evolving recollections is hardly a recipe for certain self identity.
Perhaps ambiguity is to be embraced, then, while history gently rewrites itself in each of us.