Re: memetics-digest V1 #168

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    Robin Faichney comments

    >There's a fascinating new analysis of this kind of phenomenon, in which t=
    >hese
    >dirty (pollution and tricks) corporations and others of their ilk are vie=
    >wed as
    >living memetic creatures that have recently come to dominate life on eart=
    >h, to
    >the serious detriment of both humans and many other species. They are ca=
    >lled
    >Big Bodies. Have a look at http://www.nancho.net/bigmed2000/ Of course =
    >this
    >view is not "the absolute truth", because there's no such thing, but it c=
    >ould
    >be a very useful perspective.

    Robin

    I can't open the site you give, but the interpretation is valid. There are
    arguably other examples on geologic / genetic time scales of runaway dominance
    by particular replicators causing planetary scale feedback. Ice ages follow
    periods of excessive dominance by carbon fixers (plants), for example.

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