Purpose of Memory is to Prevent Mistakes/Wrongdoing?

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Stumbled upon this video
https//youtu.be/ap5Qvg_Mhuw?t=82

Dr. Jordan Peterson in it says that we mistakenly believe that the purpose of the memory is just to store the past.

According to him, the actual purpose of memory is to prevent us from doing mistakes. It is for making the future better.

This is quite intriguing in the sense that our creator focuses on Adam's memory skill also

And He taught Adam the names - all of them. Then He showed them to the angels and said, "Inform Me of the names of these, if you are truthful."231