Yonas

This, in my opinion, is the most profound passage in the entire book. I've always desired to keep a detailed journal but could never figure out why it was so hard for me to do so. I've always chalked it up to laziness, but maybe it's something else that is implied by Chiang -- that we tend to like our memories as we remember them, even if they're not completely accurate. We're fond of memories based on how we remember them, so documenting them in a journal could create literal interpretations that differ from how we experience a memory; one can see how problematic this can become.