Social Memory Complexes and Blockchain Technology

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Hello seekers. Here’s some food for thought from ChatGPT drawing parallels between the concepts of blockchain technology and social memory complexes.

"Both the concept of a social memory complex from the Ra Material and a blockchain share similarities in terms of decentralization and the aggregation of individual components into a unified whole:

  1. Decentralization: Both systems operate in a decentralized manner. In a social memory complex, individual beings retain their autonomy but contribute to a collective consciousness. Similarly, in a blockchain, individual nodes maintain copies of the ledger and participate in validating and recording transactions without the need for a central authority.

  2. Aggregation of Information: In both cases, individual components contribute to the collective. In a social memory complex, individual experiences and knowledge are pooled together to form a unified consciousness. In a blockchain, individual transactions and data are recorded on blocks and linked together to form a chain, creating a transparent and immutable ledger of information.

  3. Immutability: Both systems prioritize immutability. In a social memory complex, once information is integrated into the collective consciousness, it becomes part of the shared knowledge and cannot be easily erased or altered. Similarly, in a blockchain, once data is recorded on the ledger and confirmed by the network, it becomes extremely difficult to alter or manipulate due to cryptographic hashing and consensus mechanisms.

  4. Resilience: Both systems exhibit resilience against failures or attacks. In a social memory complex, the collective consciousness can adapt and continue to function even if individual components are lost or compromised. Similarly, in a blockchain, the distributed nature of the network means that it can withstand attacks or failures at individual nodes without compromising the integrity of the overall system.

Overall, while the concepts of a social memory complex and a blockchain arise from different contexts, they share fundamental principles of decentralization, aggregation of information, immutability, and resilience."

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It’s more of #2 Aggregation of information.
Viewing it from opposite direction, the separation / individualization is made through isolation of information. Ra/Quo label this as “veil of forgetting”.
Remember that it did not starts from separation but it starts from unity which then the sense of separation is being (virtually) created. And eventually it will ends back in unity (8th density). SMC is in a middle of the evolutive journey back to unity.

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