# Memes and "temes"

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_blackmore_memes_and_temes)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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

## Lectures

1. [Memes and "temes"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/susan_blackmore_memes_and_temes/3c3a617cdff9), 20 min (TED's player)