Memories as messages between temporal agents

Levin proposes viewing memories as stigmergic notes left by past Selflets; parallelizes vertical (temporal) communication with horizontal (social) communication.

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Self-Improvising Memory: A Perspective on Memories as Agential, Dynamically Reinterpreting Cognitive Glue

(2024) · Levin, Michael

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Thinkers (2)

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Thomas Nagel
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Philosopher referenced for 'what it's like' framework applied to understanding memory reconstruction from past self perspective.
Heinz Von Foerster
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Referenced for principle of symmetry between foresight, hindsight, and insight in temporal interpretation.

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Bioelectric memory & morphogenetic identity
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Gap junctions and bioelectric signals encode body-plan and memory patterns across radical biological transformation.
Substrate-independent self & memory plasticity
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Identity and memory persist functionally across radical material change, rejecting fixed biological substrates.
Memory as transferable information substrate
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Explores memories as messages and stigmergic traces transferable between agents across time and biological substrates, grounded in planarian regeneration experiments.

Concepts (3)

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Mnemonic Improvisation
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Central concept: the dynamic ability to rewrite and remap information (memories) onto new media and contexts across multiple scales (behavioral, genetic, physiological).
Selflets
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Levin's model of continuous cognition as series of frames, each ~100-300ms thick; each Selflet is a temporal agent separated from others by time.
Biosemiotics
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Framework treating meaning-making as intrinsic to living systems; supports view of memories as interpreted signs requiring creative interpretation.

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