New Memory
The Wood between Worlds
SCOTT BENZEL
SEP 27, 2024
Caption: still from The Mandela Effect (2019)
Caption: The Wood between Worlds from C.S. Lewis’ The Magician’s Nephew
New Memory: The Wood between Worlds originated with Aaron F…Between Worlds
Caption: Figure 1: Region I is the ‘pocket’, which has a large inner metric diameter. II is the transition region from the blown-up part of space to the ‘normal’ part. It is the region where B varies. From region III outward …https://scottbenzel.substack.com/p/new-memory 28/31
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Aaron French
other · 4 mentions across 2 readings
In this course
Aaron French is a contemporary academic known for his work on the Mandela Effect—the phenomenon of collective false memories about details from the past—which has become a touchstone concept in discussions of how shared digital culture reshapes collective consciousness and historical perception. His paper on the Mandela Effect appears to have originated or crystallized this framework, which subsequent course readings use to explore how networked media environments generate alternative memories and ontologies. The concept bridges concerns about AI-mediated information, the malleability of shared reality, and the cybernetic feedback loops between human memory and technological systems.
Background
Aaron Samuel French was an American industrialist and philanthropist. French left school at an early age, and the first decades of his life were characterized by working a variety of jobs and recovering from prolonged illness. After co-founding a successful vehicular spring company, French gained prominence as a businessman and philanthropist in Pittsburgh during the second half of the 19th century.
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