RE: memetic engineering in the park

From: Lawrence H. de Bivort (debivort@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 21:20:15 BST

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    On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Bruce Jones wrote:

    > 5. The attacks appeared to get more violent each time. A cultural
    >"harmonic" effect which usually results in self destructive behavior. Not
    >"damped" by normal adjusted behavior patterns and controls.

    So what is the difference that determines whether the nature of an event
    is augmented or reduced with subsequent repetitions of the event? Is that
    the prior event reveals benefits (memetically) and so augments the nature
    of the event in subsequent tries? I like this notion of a 'cultural
    harmonic' effect. Something to ponder.

    Lawrence de Bivort
    The Memetics Group

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