W e have long thought that memory is the storehouse of our identity. We are our memory. But what about other people’s lives？ How do we best remember somebody else？ This question is never more important than for our friends and family who have died. Memory research and technology has a lot to contribute to how we can better remember somebody else. There are two issues here. The legacy of vast amounts of digital information from our personal lives， and the 1）facilitation of remembering loved ones. I propose a social network， like a Facebook of the dead. We can will our digital footprint to a 2）curator， who can tend for our memory， and， through 3）collaboration with others， they can access the information and images which best represent the memory of the dead one. Facebook is already beginning to do this. When a Facebookmember dies， they become memorialized. But actually， it lacks the memory angle.
　　In the film， “Saving Private Ryan”， there’s a scene where the soldiers， far from home， are worried they can no longer recall the faces of those that they miss. “The trick”， says Captain Miller， played by Tom Hanks， “is to think of something specific”. For him， his wife 4）pruning the rose bushes. We need to think more about how to make sure we can 5）preserve memories， such as pruning the rose bushes.


　　长期以来，我们认为记忆是储存着我们个人信息的仓库。我们便是记忆本身。但是关于其他人的记忆呢？我们用来铭记他人的最好方式是什么呢？当我们想要去铭记那些已经不在人世的亲友时，这个问题会显得更为重要。记忆研究与技术对我们如何更好地记住他人做出了许多贡献。这里有两大难题。一是要保留我们个人生活的大量的数码信息，二是能便于我们铭记深爱的人。我主张建一种社交网络，像是已故者们的脸书 。我们可以把数码足迹捐赠给一个管理者。这个管理者会看守着我们的记忆，还能通过与他人合作获取关于已故者们最具代表性的记忆信息与图像。脸书已经准备开始这么做了。当一个脸书用户去世时，他们就会得到后人的铭记。但实际上，这缺乏记忆的角度。
　　电影《拯救大兵瑞恩》中有这样一个场景：远离家乡的士兵们担心着他们可能无法再想起他们思念的人们的模样。由汤姆·汉克斯饰演的米勒上尉告诉他们，不忘却他们的窍门就是去回忆细节。对于他来说，他会回忆她的妻子修剪玫瑰花丛的画面。我们需要发掘更多可以让我们的记忆，比如修剪玫瑰花丛，得以妥善保存的方式。