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You must not remember this. Indeed, it may be key to having a healthy brain. Our gray matter evolved to forget things; otherwise we\u2019d have the images of every face we saw on the subway rattling around our head all day long. Yet we\u2019re building computers with the capacity to remember everything. Everything! And we might one day hook these devices to our brains.\nFind out what\u2019s it\u2019s like \u2013 and whether it\u2019s desirable \u2013 to live in a world of total recall. Plus, the quest for cognitive computers, and how to shake that catchy \u2013 but annoying \u2013 jingle that plays in your head over and over and over and \u2026\nGuests:\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Ramamoorthy Ramesh \u2013 Materials physicist, deputy director of science and technology, Oakridge National Lab\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Michael Anderson \u2013 Neuroscientist, Memory Control Lab, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge in the U.K.\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Ira Hyman \u2013 Psychologist at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington\n\u2022\xa0\xa0James McGaugh \u2013 Neurobiologist, University of California, Irvine\n\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Larry Smarr \u2013 Professor of computer science, University of California, San Diego; director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2)\n\xa0\nFirst released January 20, 2014.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices