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"The Rememberer," a short story by Johanna Skibsrud
When scientists discover a young girl has an exceptional memory, she is forced to be a back-up information drive, saddled with over 200,000 years of human knowledge. But is the load too heavy?
And, oh yeah, it’s about ants
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