I didn't say we should abandon memory - that would be indeed absurd to even consider. But the conditions for it should change and are changing. Written text is part of this movement, aswell as, more recently, photography - there's a reason a massive (maybe more than 99,9%?) amount of photos are just abandoned after they are produced. A lot of times "memory" is the denial of time.
I'm not trying to be cryptic here - it's just a very complex subject unsuitable for this medium because of size, and also I'm not native and lack the proper terms for this kind of conversation.
A small anecdote: my father is approaching the age of 80, and recently approached me sharing he has noticed he was "losing his memory" and didn't like it. I surveyed him and we understood the only memories that were sometimes slipping were only stupid stuff like day-to-day low-priority routine tasks - things that he could really go without: the fact he was forgetting them was more impactful to him at that time than not having performed them, because "he always had such a good memory". Long story short: I instructed him on how to use alarms and calendar on iPhone (he's already a frequent and somewhat comfortable smartphone user). He used them for a while and enjoyed the ease of not having to "remember" the tasks. Shortly afterwards he felt annoyed by so many alarms, and drastically reduced usage. Now he's happy and "feels lighter" knowing he is healthy and not at all forgetting stuff he deems important, and can count on easy tech to help when needed. He also now benefits from scheduling long-term important stuff on google calendar, and having multiple notifications to remember him 1 month prior, 2 weeks, 1 week, 3 days. What he's realizing is there's better usage for his brain and energy than storing easy "memories".
I'm not trying to be cryptic here - it's just a very complex subject unsuitable for this medium because of size, and also I'm not native and lack the proper terms for this kind of conversation.
A small anecdote: my father is approaching the age of 80, and recently approached me sharing he has noticed he was "losing his memory" and didn't like it. I surveyed him and we understood the only memories that were sometimes slipping were only stupid stuff like day-to-day low-priority routine tasks - things that he could really go without: the fact he was forgetting them was more impactful to him at that time than not having performed them, because "he always had such a good memory". Long story short: I instructed him on how to use alarms and calendar on iPhone (he's already a frequent and somewhat comfortable smartphone user). He used them for a while and enjoyed the ease of not having to "remember" the tasks. Shortly afterwards he felt annoyed by so many alarms, and drastically reduced usage. Now he's happy and "feels lighter" knowing he is healthy and not at all forgetting stuff he deems important, and can count on easy tech to help when needed. He also now benefits from scheduling long-term important stuff on google calendar, and having multiple notifications to remember him 1 month prior, 2 weeks, 1 week, 3 days. What he's realizing is there's better usage for his brain and energy than storing easy "memories".