Change metaphors slightly and imagine that your consciousness is a desk in the Library of Congress: no matter how many books the library holds, and makes available for retrieval, the size of your desk sets some processing limitations. Compression is vital to the performance of conscious work. Taleb, Nassim. The Black Swan (p. 68). Penguin Books Ltd. Kindle Edition.
Great metaphor. We want to ft as much information on our desk as we can therefore we aim to compress it
this is where biology comes in. It defines the size of your desk