traditionology

as in, the study of traditions.

its important to keep track of the things we create rituals out of. they're the things that define us, not just as individuals but as a species. we all share rituals, whether it's church or driving or sex or sports events or sunday blunts, and it's the consequences of the rituals - the traditions - that reflect in our overall impact on the world. it's not what you're doing on your own; it's what you're doing that everyone else out there is doing too. the driving ritual is helping to destroy the environment. the sex ritual is leading to overpopulation, though it so happens the destroyed environment (and thus the driving ritual) is helping cure that. in a sense.

traditions are hard to change, or break. just watch fiddler on the roof.

if you google traditionology, you only get things related to me until page three, at which point you get into some other stuff. i hadn't seen it until just now. end result, i'm not as creative as i thought i was. dammit.