Would you use a device to record every memory of your life?

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    Imagine somebody designed a device to capture every single memory you have - like with a camera, except this captures the exact moment, your exact feelings, exact sights, exact smells, everything. Oh and imagine you needed to recharge this device every time you had to use it, which may make you want to use it less.

    Basically, would you use this, if so, why? And if not, why not? Would you start capturing every memory and eventually lose sight of where in life you're actually at? On the other side, you could also record the best moments of your life and relive them like they never passed you by.

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    nope, My brain is the only device I need for my memories thanks.
     
    No. Simply because I don't see the need to record every, or even a single memory of my life. Or simply because I don't want to. Memories for me, last forever, even if they are the smallest, and even if they are the most despondent. I would never want to record them, because living them once is enough for me ..even if they don't remain perpetual.
     
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    Yes, I am sure I would. I would really want to remember the way I felt back in some moments of my life, it would be like a camcorder only in more detail. I love looking back on things and remembering funny moments in my life. I used to really enjoy a recording of me and my brother playing as little kids because it was so hilarious to watch, I'd like to be able to relive any part of my life in that way.

    Sure, I have some bad memories, but I just would delete them and not re-watch them, simple. I'd definitely like to record and re-watch all the good moments in my life.
     
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    Sure. If I can choose when to use it, why not?

    There are plenty of things that I'm sure I'll want to record.
     
    I would because i could record the good meormys in my life
    on the other hand i don't have many good memories
    on the other hand i don't have a good memeroy
    on the other hand it counts on how long it takes to recharge and how long the battory lasts
     
    No way. @_@ While it would be nice to be able to remember certain memories exactly... I think that would be a bit depressing. D: I'd probably retreat into my best memories too often and then feel bad that I'm not living them over again for real. Yeah, I could also be inspired to go make memories just as fun, but I imagine it would do more harm than good.

    Also the person above me has many hands. I think he might be a bug.
     
    As cool as it would be, I don't think I'd do it. I dwell on the past enough as it is. I don't need another reason/excuse to... Albeit it's always the negatives in my past I focus on.... I still wrongly focus on the past more than the present/future.
     
    After thinking about it, it would be nice to have a device like that. You remember good and bad things through your life, but I tend to remember the bad things. If I had something that record certain things, I wouldn't mind. But the bad part, if you remember all the good things and you're in a rut, you could wind up very depressed.

    So, this is a double edged sword at the most.
     
    I would like it, but it wouldn't like it either. I'd like to have it to record all those good memories, but I wouldn't like to record my bad memories because I'd dwell on them which is a pretty dangerous thing. And I have a lot of memories I don't like...
     
    There are times when I wish I could record every memory of my life and times I wouldn't. The times I would record part of my life would be when it's a happy memory and the times I wouldn't is when that memory isn't very pleasant.
     
    OH GOD NO. :(

    I get embarrassed when I screw up very, very, very easily and 9 times out of 10 I'll wish to forget those things. I don't want them recorded, ever. Even though it'd be nice to remember a lot of the good times, I can't stand thinking about remembering every single embarrassing thing I did with vivid detail, ever.

    (Assuming that I don't get to pick and choose what I record. If it were all good things, I might consider, but on the other hand, it does sound a bit creepy.)
     
    No, I would not, because I wouldn't want to remember the bad times.
     
    A tool like this would be quite useful so long as you could store these snapshots externally and restore them to, or access them from your mind indestructively. (Without overwriting your current state of mind)

    Also, it'd be nice if it was like a camera where you press a certain button...as long as you held that button, you could easily control when you take snapshots according to how you feel the system can be implemented, if you don't oppose it entirely.

    Additionally, you'd need to be able to encrypt it or key it to the individual using DNA or some sort of key/password/biometric measure. Still, such a technology if implemented with proper privacy and more in mind can be useful, especially if the recorded snapshots can be dynamically accessed by your mind by thinking of them.

    As long as you could dynamically address the device mentally to access the stored information, you could just as easily manage the information stored too. In that way you could delete unwanted/unnecessary information and such. That being said, you could take a snapshot, edit that snapshot to include only relevant bits of information and then save it. XD
     
    I'd pick and choose the best memories to record. There are plenty of memories in my life that I'd much rather forget so I definitely don't want them recorded for posterity.
     
    I would but only for very special moments. I don't want to live in my memories, but say you have kids and they die or something? wouldn't you want to capture the memories of the good times? I would.

    But yeah I would never use it too often, just for things that need remembering.
     
    ...I truly don't know, to be quite honest. Of course I would record the good memories, and those would be the memories that I would choose to record, but every single memory seems a bit...eh.

    I guess I wouldn't, but I would want to at the same time because I'd like to relive and see all of my good memories again.

    ...Eh. I guess I wouldn't in the end, though, just for the sake of not messing with any memories.
     
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