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I saw this article (from my email) from Business Insider about the "Group Mind"  Here is the very  long link URL Group mind This idea that individuals prioritise where information is located has led some researchers to propose that  digital devices and the internet have become a form of transactive memory. This idea, which  dates back to  the 1980s, refers to a group memory that is superior to that of any individual. According to this account, individuals can collectively store and distribute information using a shared store of knowledge. This store of knowledge means that individuals can access details that they may not know themselves by knowing that another individual remembers it, thus enhancing what information is available to them by communicating with other people. In the same way,  individuals develop  a transactive memory with the internet and rely on it for information by focusing on where details are located rather than the details themselve...