system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Star Trek] If Starfleet ships carry complete cultural records of multiple species, just how much of their libraries are potentially porn?
gpt
Likely, exceedingly little; Here's why:

First, even in the 21st century, pornographic media aren't generally considered *cultural* artifacts.

For a given piece of media to be considered a *cultural artifact*, there has to be a *culture* in the context of which the artifact creates meaning or significance -- some artifact(s) preceding must have influenced the style, construction, composition, and / or message of the artifact in question, and in turn, that artifact (and the expression it embodies) must have influenced other artifacts, in turn.

Even in the 20th and 21st century, very little pornographic media existed in the context of a wider *culture*. Even pornographic media that embodies instances that gain wider cultural recognition, such as "*Lemon Stealing*", don't significantly carry cultural weight -- they're simply "inside references", serving as in-group and out-group signifiers. There's no thematic or constructive impact from them.

There *are* significant amounts of "*erotica*" that constitute cultural significance, however. Those tend to be literary works, or adaptations of literary works. There's also cultural reference to how the phenomenon of porn (or access to erotica) shapes technology and society.

Plus, if we consider the existence of the Memory Alpha, Delta, and Gamma installations -- works that might not have *significant* cultural significance could be stored in those facilities, and referenced by retrieval.

There's also the theory that much of porn, like many other phenomena, is an emergent phenomenon of a capitalist society that compels certain classes of workers to perform without fully being able to meaningfully consent to the conditions of their work, and the demand for which is driven by dysfunctional social conditions. These conditions don't exist in the Federation.

So, the chances of any given Star Fleet *ship's* library being significantly occupied by *porn*?

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