>Michael Lorrey
An interesting claim, and one that I'd like to see verified. Extropians
evince a variety of artistic talents. Natasha More's explicitly Extropian
visual arts could, for example, secretly enlighten a lot of people!
I'm curious about the role that humor plays in memetic propagation. I've
suggested that a joke innoculates us from infection by the meme that it
targets. As confirmation, I note that libertarian humorists P.J. O'Rourke
and Dave Berry have taught millions to laugh at statism.
But can humor also, like art generally, *encourage* the propagation of memes?
Or does it only create meme antibodies?
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