On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 7:56 PM, Rusty Witherspoon <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

I've been having some thoughts (based partially on comments on how quickly american culture diverged from British) on how cultures could develop on a colony. Feel free to chime in.
My first instinct was to turn towards the three-generation rule, then ended up adding memetics. The first generation on a planet sets up the social structure they pass on, the second maintain it, the third begins to question it and begin deviating.

Looking at this another way, the sheer act of leaving the parent Nation/culture is a act of Differentiation. Then there is the circumstance of why the separation occurs; is it a drive to make money in a new land and then return home, or is a religious/political group looking for a place to practice their beliefs without interference from the Parent Power.

Then factor in the ease of contact between the Parent culture and the Colonies. The slower movement of information the more the two cultures diverge.

The real trick is keeping a unified culture between the parent and colony, not the other way around.

Evyn