# Imperfect Memory Makes Reinvention Possible by Melanie Swan > "The social construct of identity includes the property of imperfect human memory that allows the possibility of forgiving and forgetting, and redemption and reinvention." > **— Melanie Swan**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* ## Sources and Context - **Full authored response and quotation context:** [We Should Consider The Future World As One Of Multi-Species Intelligence](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26070) — Edge's 2015 annual-question response by Melanie Swan; the linked page contains the complete response and quoted passage. ## Related Articles and Collections - **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|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Memory Architecture|Memory Architecture]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Memory Architecture|Memory Architecture]] - [[wiki/Autobiographical Memory|Autobiographical Memory]] - [[wiki/Long-Term Memory Substrate|Long-Term Memory Substrate]] - [[wiki/Digital Continuity|Digital Continuity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The social construct of identity includes the property of imperfect human memory that allows the possibility of forgiving and forgetting, and redemption and reinvention." — Melanie Swan, 2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-melanie-swan-imperfect-memory-makes-reinvention-possible ```