EP 25: LIFE GO BRRR (Venkatesh Rao)
New Models
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The Role of Institutions in Memes
A meme is a stable pattern of knowledge representation or symbolizing. A meme can help an institution spread and an institution can help a meme spread. One of the ways in the United States, people are taught to wash their hands correctly is to sing Happy Birthday twice. So memes plus institutions work together. Is there also a DNA RNA metaphor that works?
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