Why Emotion Alone Does Not Determine What Systems Retrieve | Interpreting Coordinates Ch. 3
Interpreting Coordinates The Human Role in an Algorithmic World PART I · Chapter 3 This chapter does not evaluate emotion. It examines why emotion alone no longer determines what remains retrievable in system-mediated memory. What follows is not a dismissal of feeling, but an observation of how the conditions of memory have changed. What we like, where we felt moved, and which experiences stayed with us still matter. But in many system-mediated environments, these are no longer sufficient criteria for what information remains findable, comparable, and reusable.¹ 1. The Organization of Memory Has Shifted For a long time, humans were the primary agents through which memory was organized and carried forward. Emotion helped organize recall. A satisfying experience. An unpleasant moment. A feeling worth returning to. In that sense, emotion functioned as an organizing principle.¹ That has not disappeared. But the work of organizing what remains findable and reusable is increasingly mediated ...