Daniel L. Schacter, in "The Seven Sins Of Memory" quotes Tatiana Cooley, US Memory Champion, as saying "I'm incredibly absent minded, I live by Post-its".
So the thing is ... trained recall doesn't necessarily help your "prospective memory", your "remembering to do things".
Your average technical person probably can recall a massive amount of stuff, based on association, about things that interest them. Trained memory works similarly and similarly has the problem that memories don't pop-up when you need them but rather when you make an effort.
Daniel L. Schacter, in "The Seven Sins Of Memory" quotes Tatiana Cooley, US Memory Champion, as saying "I'm incredibly absent minded, I live by Post-its".
So the thing is ... trained recall doesn't necessarily help your "prospective memory", your "remembering to do things".
Your average technical person probably can recall a massive amount of stuff, based on association, about things that interest them. Trained memory works similarly and similarly has the problem that memories don't pop-up when you need them but rather when you make an effort.