Re: Do all memes die out or evolve? I think not.

From: Wade T. Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 18 2002 - 17:59:46 GMT

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    Hi Philip Jonkers -

    >Memes precisely keep sticking around because of their
    >functionality and usefulness.

    Or, like stone edifices, their simple structure.

    Or, like big-eyed gamin paintings, their overt attraction factor.

    Like Richard and others will mention, functionality and usefulness are
    nice, but hardly necessary.

    - Wade

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