Central Question
In the age of short-form media proliferation, how long do cultural events stay in our collective memory? Do these events follow specific mathematical decay regimes?
Short Answer
The rememberance of a cultural event depends entirely on the event (although we could group it into certain sorts of events). While most events follow a decay law, the exact nature remains highly variable and dependent on both inherent and exogenous variables.
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Further Work/Challenges
Was the 2024 World Series an outlier in terms of the World Series? What does the decay regime for other former Presidents look like? How do subsequent installments in a franchise look?