# The Taboo Ratchet: Escalating Memory Laws

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Timothy Garton Ash
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, History
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/taboo-ratchet-escalating-memory-laws)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Professor Garton Ash attempts to explain why the precedent set by early memory laws leads inevitably to ever more restrictions on thought.

## Lectures

1. [The Taboo Ratchet: Escalating Memory Laws](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/taboo-ratchet-escalating-memory-laws/9d619bac21f0) (YouTube)