I've read a little, but not much, about memes. I'm impressed by the concept
(meme)!
Looking at all this gun debate, couldn't all this debate be phrased
Maybe the whole thing would get interesting if we started restricting
ourselves to phrasing messages in terms of memetic content. So the above
becomes:
<MEME: MEMES ARE GOOD>
<MEME: A NEW WAY IS BETTER THAN THE OLD WAY FOR THE SAKE OF NEWNESS ALONE> +
etc...
<MEME: GUN DEBATE IS POINTLESS> + <MEME: CONTENT DOES NOT JUSTIFY VOLUME>
So we need a list of common memes (I'm expecting a hundred responses telling
me where that is), and an ability to define new memes.
Sorry if I've abused the concept of meme. I need to know more about this.
Replies can include favourite reading lists (although I've got to finished
Godel, Escher, Bach first - almost had a brain hemorrage
I know of Viruses of the Mind, and will grab a copy. Where to after that?
Thanks,
Emlyn
<MEME: SELF DEPRECATING HUMOR IMPRESSES OTHERS>