Re: virus: memes to study

Lena Rotenberg (lrr@netkonnect.net)
Wed, 04 Mar 1998 18:05:34 -0500


Paul Prestopnik wrote,

>One night I was sitting at home thinking of memes that would
>lend themselves to study, and I came up with two canidates. The only one I
>can remember now would be Fortune Cookies. [snip]
Also maybe icecream cones, although that could
>be harder.

What is the difference, if any, between a meme and an invention or new
technology (and I mean "technology" in its widest possible sense, as "any
application of knowledge to achieve practical ends"), such as described by
Everett Rogers in _Diffusion of Innovations_?

lena

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Lena Rotenberg
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