Ken Pantheists wrote:
>
> But I was not aware that the purpose was to disinfect people. I thought the
> purpose was
> to give people the power to choose and to exercise critical awareness.
Boy, we just can't say this often and clearly enough.
David McFadzean wrote:>
> I think this memetic niche we are attempting to take over is largely defined
> by the same language game (a la Wittengenstein) you want to avoid. Sure there
> are unwanted connotations associated with the terms we use, but is inventing
> a new vocabulary really a viable solution? And even if it is, wouldn't we
> be better off pursuing both vectors rather than choosing one over the other?
> That is essentially what I was getting at by offering free webspace to any
> takers. The more vectors the better: why not spread the Meme through religion,
> comics, philosophy, fiction, theatre, fine art, music, political parties
> and Saturday morning cartoons?
Yes. We shold employ a variety of vectors to reach a wider audience and
to move past knee-jerk rejections by people whose filters are atuned to
a particular vector. One of my aspirations for C is to turn it into a
cartoon (Saturday morning or prime time) and get They Might Be Giants to
do the theme song. John and John are first-rate memetic engineers.
Take care, gang. -KMO