Sam Sammane on Digital Amnesia and the Decline of Human Memory - Social Media Explorer

Sam Sammane on Digital Amnesia and the Decline of Human Memory - Social Media Explorer

It happens quietly. You forget a detail mid-sentence and instinctively reach for your phone. A familiar route looks unfamiliar without GPS. You once knew a poem by heart—now it lives in a tab you can’t remember closing. No alarms go off. No harm seems done. But over time, something shifts. The mind, once trained to hold, reflect, and carry weight, now waits for a prompt. This isn’t forgetfulness. This is digital amnesia—and we’ve welcomed it wit…