Since time immemorial, people who have been fortunate enough to live a long life, have suffered toward the end of that span. They gradually lose the memories that they could quickly and easily call up when they were younger. Names, facts, and places become progressively harder to access and bring into conscious awareness. It has been widely accepted that this is just the natural order of things. People are born, grow to maturity, reach the height of their powers in adulthood, and then decline into old age and death. Nothing new here. It has always been this way. But just because it has always been this way does not mean that it must necessarily be this way. Continue reading →