Bank of MemeKeep the provenance.
An idea grows stronger when its origins remain legible.
A reserve of collective imagination
Keep the culture
in circulation.
Ideas gain value when people can find them, understand them, and build on them. Bank of Meme is a cultural commons with a long memory.
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The idea
A bank for things
money cannot hold.
Some ideas deserve to survive the scroll. The joke that restores perspective. The diagram that makes a problem clear. The sentence a friend remembers years later. These are cultural deposits worth keeping.
Bank of Meme is a public collection of useful, hopeful, and beautifully portable ideas. Every entry should preserve its source, explain its context, and invite a thoughtful next use.
The principles
The rules of circulation.
Preserve the context.
Store the meaning alongside the memorable form.
Make withdrawal generous.
Help readers share work with appropriate credit and permission.
FROM THE RESERVE / A CULTURAL PRACTICE
Every idea has a story.
Keep the original. Name the maker. Preserve the context that gave the work its meaning. A cultural reserve is useful when it helps the next person understand what came before—and make something of their own.
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