What Are the High Stakes Versions of Memetic Theory?

There are, there are both the the high stakes and the low stakes versions of this thinking ot memetic theory. I thought about the fact that, how many years ago was it? Maybe five or so, i gave in and got a fidget spinner. Onon the other extreme, we have, well, what you alluded to, the ways in which during the pandemic, people have acted essentially like herd animals. They have imitated behaviours of others around them in an unthinking way,. And sometimes in an un Thinking way that has been really, absolutely catastrophic to overall human wellness.