What I've been trying is to have a sort of nested memory system. I think it's important to try to keep a running log of short-term memory that can be recalled by specific memory, in context of what other things was going on or we were talking about at the time. Auto compaction at night makes a lot of sense, but I'm thinking of modeling memory more like human memory. Each of us does it slightly differently, but I generally think in terms of immediate short-term memory, long term memory, and then specific memories that are archived.

For example, when I'm trying to remember something from a long time ago, I often will start to remember other bits of context, such as where I was, who I was talking to, and what other things were in my context at the time. As I keep remembering other details, I remember more about whatever it was I was trying to think about. So, while the auto-sleep compaction is great, I don't think that we shouldn't just work from the pruned versions.

(I can't tell if that's how this project works or not)