Sunday, October 11, 2009

Susan Blackmore on memes and "temes"

 

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  • About this talk

    Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new kind of meme, the teme, which spreads itself via technology -- and invents ways to keep itself alive

    About Susan Blackmore

    Susan Blackmore studies memes -- those self-replicating "life forms" that spread themselves via human consciousness. We're now headed, she believes, toward a new form of meme, spread by the… Full bio and more links

     

     

    Susan Blackmore on memes and "temes" | Video on TED.com

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