From: "Richard Brodie" <richard@brodietech.com>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: The information theoretic view Was: JOM
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 08:15:15 -0700
In-Reply-To: <9tYNMbASx3z3Ewpe@faichney.demon.co.uk>
Some interesting trends based on memetic engineering:
o Proliferation of evangelistic religions in the face of an overall decline
in religiousness
o Proliferation of logoed clothes and products
o "Viral marketing" on the Internet: referral programs, associate plans,
etc.
Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com
Author, "Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme"
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-----Original Message-----
From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
Of Robin Faichney
Sent: Friday, September 3, 1999 12:44 AM
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: Re: The information theoretic view Was: JOM
In message <NBBBIIDKHCMGAIPMFFPJAEJMDJAA.richard@brodietech.com>,
Richard Brodie <richard@brodietech.com> writes
>>
>>>You've both missed the point. Conscious engineering of mind viruses
is
>>>producing very different results from the unconscious selection of
the
>>>past.
>>
>>Can you point to any evidence for this?
>
>What type of evidence would satisfy you?
I don't mind. Any type you can come up with.
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