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Memes and "temes"

Susan Blackmore · TED

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About

Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new kind of meme, the teme, which spreads itself via technology -- and invents ways to keep itself alive

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2008
Speaker
Susan Blackmore
Year
2008
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Psychology and the brain, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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