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Mark Rowlands on Memory and the Stories We Tell Ourselves

DEC 9, 202526 MIN
The Gist

Mark Rowlands on Memory and the Stories We Tell Ourselves

DEC 9, 202526 MIN

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The philosopher discusses The Book of Memory: How We Become Who We Are, exploring how recollection constructs identity, coherence, and the personas we inhabit. He explains why memory is less an archive than an act of ongoing authorship, shaped by emotion, imagination, and the stories we rehearse. The conversation traces the boundary between what we remember and what we invent. Also: art-heist incompetence from Brazil to France and in The Spiel a reckoning with how visual framing distorts our understanding of the Venezuelan airstrike scandal.

Produced by Corey Wara

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