Re: Labels for memes

From: William Benzon (bbenzon@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Jan 31 2001 - 21:24:04 GMT

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    on 1/31/01 10:31 AM, Richard Brodie at richard@brodietech.com wrote:

    [snip]

    > There is no success unless the meme gets created in customers' minds. This
    > is memetic engineering, the conscious salting of minds with deliberate
    > self-serving memes. The meme isn't being transmitted from a source mind but
    > rather created from a fictionalized microdrama with the intention that
    > people's minds accept it as peer behavior.

    Have there been any cases of memetic rebellion where such deliberately
    engineered memes decide to turn on their masters? If so, what? If not,
    what tricks do memetic engineers use to keep their memes in line?

    BB

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