Memes striking out on their own
We have set memes in motion, but now they are evolving almost independently in the memeverse, as it were. Watch this TED talk and see how the memes—mathematical algorithms are memes—are starting to control what we do. And it’s not just the actions of the memes that shape our own decisions, actions, and destinies—note how much energy and expense is spent on the care of the meme: gutting buildings so the algorithm can run closer to communications channels, for instance. That is human activity in service of memes.
Fascinating talk, but look at it from the point of view of memes and their (extremely rapid) evolution—an evolution resulting from Darwinian competition among memes.
