Climate
change, civil unrest, wars: How will we make it through the tough times
that loom ahead of us? By remembering, Mary Soderstrom argues.
Our
time is the first in history that catastrophe has threatened societies,
but, using examples from China, the Roman Empire, and North American
Indigenous cultures, Soderstrom shows how memory can lead the way toward
the future. Before We Forget examines how memory works in
people, and then details how we store our collective memories in
libraries and archives, as well as in the vastness of the electronic
universe.
In part an entertaining history of knowledge and where we keep it, Before We Forget
allays fears and encourages people to develop strategies for
safeguarding collective and individual wisdom, which we will need to
meet the challenges ahead.
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Dundurn to Publish Before We Forget: How Remembering Will Get Us through the Next 75 Years
Coming in March 2026:
Safeguarding collective wisdom is a powerful tool for civilization to overcome the major upheavals ahead.
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