# We Can Now Remember Everything That Ever Happens to Us by Charles Seife > “Now we are reaching the point where we have the ability to archive every message, every telephone conversation, every communication between human beings anywhere on the planet. For the first time, we as a species have the ability to remember everything that ever happens to us.” > **— Charles Seife**, *2009, Edge Annual Question: “WHAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING?”* ## Sources and Context - **Direct Edge response and surrounding essay:** [MALTHUSIAN INFORMATION FAMINE](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10546) — the official response page preserves this exact, continuous passage and its surrounding argument. - **Complete local collection index:** [[research/Edge 2009 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2009 Full Quotation Curation]] — retained source-first record for the response object and all canonical reminder links derived from it. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Host Infrastructure Overview]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Memory Continuity|Memory Continuity]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Memory Continuity|Memory Continuity]] - [[wiki/Long-Term Digital Preservation|Long-Term Digital Preservation]] - [[wiki/Surveillance|Surveillance]] - [[wiki/Data Infrastructure|Data Infrastructure]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Now we are reaching the point where we have the ability to archive every message, every telephone conversation, every communication between human beings anywhere on the planet. For the first time, we as a species have the ability to remember everything that ever happens to us.” — Charles Seife, 2009, Edge Annual Question: “WHAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-charles-seife-remember-everything-happens ```