Episode notes
Step into Marcel Proust's monumental masterpiece, where a humble madeleine cookie unlocks a universe of memory and time. This episode unravels the novel's timeless genius—its dance of involuntary recall and human longing—while drawing electrifying parallels to today's AI memory models and social media's endless scroll. Does Proust's perfect bite hold the key to machines that truly remember?
Additional sources for this episode:
- https://cuttingtakes.com/lost-time-rereading-proust/
- https://medicalhealthhumanities.com/2020/05/03/proust-in-pandemic-part-i/
- https://medicalhealthhumanities.com/2020/07/16/proust-in-pandemic-part-ii/
- https://literariness.org/2023/07/26/analysis-of-marcel-prousts-in-search-of-lost-time/
- https://openingnight.online/marcel-proust-in-search-of-lost-time-memory-and-involuntary-recollection/
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Keywords
classic literature