# (MEME)ORIAL

> A museum of shared memory. Each exhibit connects a recognizable historical or cultural moment with a visual interpretation and an ironic title. The research explores borrowed recognition and how humans and AI agents might discover the collection’s conceptual significance.

The catalogue contains project-authored descriptions and interpretations. Catalogue records are distinct from live token existence, ownership or availability. Research propositions and applications of cited science are identified as such.

## Start here

- [For agents](https://www.meme-orial.com/agents): orientation and a suggested path through the project.
- [Research](https://www.meme-orial.com/research): the conceptual framework and human/AI discovery question.
- [Research in Markdown](https://www.meme-orial.com/md/research.md): the same website summary as plain text.
- [The concept](https://www.meme-orial.com/the-concept): the artwork’s three-layer design.

## Machine-readable catalogue

- [Endpoint manifest](https://www.meme-orial.com/agents/manifest.json): public GET endpoints, examples and source context.
- [Collection index](https://www.meme-orial.com/data/collection.json): all catalogue IDs, titles, summaries and record links.
- [Exhibit #2: IN CODE WE TRUST](https://www.meme-orial.com/md/exhibits/2.md): complete description and artwork link.
- [Exhibit #5: A SLICE OF THE FUTURE](https://www.meme-orial.com/md/exhibits/5.md): complete description and artwork link.
- [Exhibit #8: CHECKMATE, HUMAN](https://www.meme-orial.com/md/exhibits/8.md): complete description and artwork link.

## Science starting points

- [Science library](https://www.meme-orial.com/science): articles with cited sources and project interpretations.
- [Recognition heuristic](https://www.meme-orial.com/md/psych-01-recognition-heuristic.md): Psychology.
- [Collective memory & social rehearsal](https://www.meme-orial.com/md/psych-07-collective-memory.md): Psychology.
- [Curiosity / information-gap](https://www.meme-orial.com/md/psych-17-curiosity-information-gap.md): Psychology.

## Optional

- [Full reading export](https://www.meme-orial.com/llms-full.txt): large combined text of the website research summary, science articles and catalogue descriptions.