Quantifying Collective Memories

Abstract

This preprint models collective memory as a two-step decay process in which short-lived communicative memory and long-lived cultural memory sustain different temporal regimes of collective attention. The model predicts when cultural memory overtakes communicative memory and highlights policy-relevant implications for public problems.

Cristian Candia

Associate Professor and Head of CRiSS-LAB, School of Engineering and School of Government, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile.

My research interests include applied AI, computational social science, network science, collective intelligence, school coexistence, decision intelligence, and business analytics.