If, as Jorge Luis Borges wrote, “To think is to forget,” then where does that leave not forgetting? In a curious and complex place, journalist Joshua Foer tells us in “Moonwalking With Einstein,” a ...
Think remembering birthdays is difficult? Try memorizing two decks of cards in five minutes or less. That is what Joshua Foer did to win the 2006 U.S. Memory Championship. Such intellectual exploits ...