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<p>Migration from Stanislaw-lem.wikia.com</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Stub}}<br /> <br /> Papyrocracy is a term in in Stanislaw Lem's Novel [[Memoirs Found in a Bathtub]].<br /> <br /> It describes the civilizational state of nations, depending on paper currencies and paper identities.<br /> <br /> ''&quot;[[Papyralysis]] ruined a great deal more than the economy. That entire period is rightly named the [[Era of Papyrocracy]], for not only did papyr regulate and coordinate all group activities, but it determined, in some obscure way, the fate of individuals (for example, the &quot;[[identity papyrs]]&quot;). The functional and ritual roles of papyr in the folklore of that time (the catastrophe took place when [[Prechaotic Neogene]] was at its height) have yet to be fully catalogued. While we do know the meaning of some expressions, others remain empty phrases ([[cheks]], [[dok-ments]], [[ree-seets]], etc.) In that era one could not be born, grow up, obtain an education, work, travel, marry or die except through the aid and mediation of papyr.&quot;''<br /> <br /> Lem uses this term as a pun on our current state of affairs, where Paper Currency is the medium of interaction for a great deal of the access to services and goods.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Memoirs found in a Bathtub]][[Category:Philosophical Concept]][[Category:Period]]</div>

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