Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970618175252.00686d08@popmail.mcs.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 17:52:52 -0500
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
From: Aaron Lynch <aaron@mcs.net>
Subject: Masturbation sections in TC
I recently invited Bill Benzon to be specific about the "blinding" effects
of Dawkinsian memetics by explaining how it pertains to the memetics of
masturbation, a familiar topic and one which arises early in my book
THOUGHT CONTAGION.
Any grasp of the bare bones thesis of this book requires reading at least
the whole first chapter, available online at
http://www.mcs.net/~aaron/tc1.html. An intelligent discussion of how the
book's thesis handles the proliferation of sex taboos such as those against
masturbation and also the proliferation of competing sexual liberation
memes (e.g., in separate eras) requires reading THE WHOLE BOOK. (Not too
much to ask, since the book is short and introductory in nature.)
--Aaron Lynch
THOUGHT CONTAGION:
How Belief Spreads Through Society
The New Science of Memes
Basic Books. Info and free sample:
http://www.mcs.net/~aaron/thoughtcontagion.html
----Aaron Lynch
THOUGHT CONTAGION: How Belief Spreads Through Society The New Science of Memes Basic Books. Info and free sample: http://www.mcs.net/~aaron/thoughtcontagion.html
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