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On Thu, 18 May 2000, Jos Defoort wrote:
>I' m a lawyer and a writer on money. I suppose there is also a meme for
>money. Money replicates itself through our brains and our computers. It can
>obsess us just like (or more than a melody), especially when we haven't
>enough of it. An important memeplex is built around it. We work for it even
>if we don't need it. It can enslave us. It looks as if it follows its own
>agenda. Just as a religion it is a virus of the mind.
>I 'am looking for articles or books where I can read about the money meme.
That's a fascinating question. I think it would be more accurate to say that
money *is* a meme, or a memeplex, than that there's a meme for it. But as
for where you can read about it, I've never come across anything. Looks like
the field's wide open for you!
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