Re: virus: Re: Virus: Sociological Change

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 14:09:34 -0600 (CST)


On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Martin Traynor wrote:

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> Lior
> > 'dangerous meme' is quite NewSpeaky.
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> On 27 Nov 96 at 9:39, jonesr@gatwick.geco-prakla.sl wrote:
> > OK, how about "counter-productive memes"?
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> Define productive. I suspect you'll find that the difference between
> productive and counter-productive will either come down to a value
> judgement or else all memes will fall into one of the categories
> (depending on definition).

[Analogizing from Cohesive Math(TM)]

I'd start by looking for self-attacking memes, especially those that do
so indirectly. These are more likely to be unequivocally
"counter-productive" without resort to ill-grounded value judgments.

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