Re: virus: Meme Collecting

gary dickson (g_dickson@rocketmail.com)
Mon, 23 Nov 1998 17:35:06 -0800 (PST)

---Robert Moritz <robertmoritz@earthlink.net> wrote:
> um...just curious. How would you rate the success of a
meme/complex?
>
> Proliferation rate would have been a good measure up until a mass
media
> came about; now money is all that's needed to make a meme breed like
a
> rabbit. For example: Yes, I know what cereal is magically delicious,
> but i do not eat that cereal.

One penetration method of a meme/virus is conditioning so I don't
think a meme can really be "un-memed" simply because someone can
afford to throw it in our faces every 10 minutes.

A successful meme can be gauged by its proliferation, influence on
behavior, AND longevity.

If you find a good scientific way to track a meme and these three (or
so) traits there will probably a place for you in the history books.

Gary D.
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