Re: virus: Level 3 (Was Meme Update #4)

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Mon, 17 Feb 1997 15:21:04 -0600 (CST)


On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, Reed Konsler wrote:

[CLIP]

> If the thinking is constructed of memes then how does one think without or
> beyond them? Level 3 seems empty (and, in this, is also like some
> interpretations of enlightenment)...but you offer it as a pragmatic
> starting point for further temporal progress. This fusion is dizzy; making
> a more handy buck is not my idea of a good reason for focusing ones Ki.

1) I'm not certain *all* thinking is constructed from memes [ideospace].
This looks about as extreme as Objectivism.

2) Isn't it much easier to focus one's Ki AFTER making a more handy back
than before? The two are superficially synergetic.

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