Technology & Perception Your smartphone is lying to you about the size of your memories From the silver-plated truth of 1839 to the digital ghosts of the 4K era, we are losing the detail of our own lives. In October of 1839, a lamp-maker named Robert Cornelius stood in the yard behind his family’s store in Philadelphia and stared into a lens. He stayed there, motionless, for more than a minute. He was waiting for the silver-plated copper to absorb … Continue reading “Your smartphone is lying to you about the size of your memories”
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