social memory complex

[paddy]

The social memory complex concept reminds me of the metaphor of a garden with a gardener. In one extreme the gardener is highly intervening as to appear distinct from the plants growing there. In another extreme the gardener is non-intervening as to appear invisible, as if the gardener is simply another plant within the garden, or else the plants in the garden become the gardener themselves indistinct. In one case there seems an obvious semblance of separative action at play. In another case, separative action becomes indiscernible.

paddy