Are people absolutely forgetful? I think it is relative.
In an information overwhelming environment, because there are too many thought bubbles (metaphor), and you have a fixed numbers of wires and plugs, you can only "choose" to remember some things, at that particular moment. The wires plug to different thought bubbles as the environment changes. For example, (this is not necessarily true) at school you probably remember more assignments than at home. This situation is called locational context-dependant. Now you know it is quite reasonable for us to forget doing some homework. Do not blame us.
In a leisure environment, because there are only a few thought bubbles, our wires and plugs are likely excessive. Since thought bubbles are floating everywhere, the excessive wires tend to plug to them randomly. That explains why we indulge in wild flights of fancy in a leisure environment.
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