liflerle

Liflerle is a fictional term used in speculative discourse to describe a sociotechnical mechanism for sustaining personal and collective memory through distributed digital networks. In this framework, individuals contribute fragments of their lived experience—texts, images, sensor data, and narrations—into shared archives that survive beyond any single life.

Core ideas include continuity of identity across digital and temporal boundaries, redundancy and resilience of memory through distributed archives, and governance questions about who may access, edit, or curate these liflerle archives. Proponents argue it enables mutual aid, learning, and cultural continuity, while critics warn of surveillance risk, manipulation, and loss of individual autonomy.

Origin and usage: the term was coined in online speculative-fiction circles in the early 2020s and has since appeared in formal discussions of memory studies and cybernetics, primarily as a thought experiment rather than a deployed technology. In fiction, liflerle often feature as ecosystems where communities share life-logs to support elders, preserve endangered histories, or simulate future selves.

Related concepts include lifelogging, digital immortality, and collective memory. Debates focus on privacy, consent, and governance frameworks to balance benefits with rights.