Picking up the memory-braincam analogy from earlier, in the 21st century digital photos, like our memories, can be quite easily shared and edited by ourselves and others. Even if photographic memory were to exist – and it seems doubtful that it truly does – it appears that memory Photoshop would exist right beside it. Along with advances in actual photography, our memory-photo analogy may need a similar upgrade. We no longer use Polaroid cameras, and we should no longer be calling memories photographic, at least not in a way that implies perfection and permanence.
