New: memeticsAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917hive-183959zzanhive-185836hive-166405hive-180932steemhive-101145hive-150122hive-144064hive-188619uncommonlabhive-184714hive-183397bitcoinhive-145157hive-193637hive-180301krsuccesslifemotivationhive-103599hive-139150TrendingNewHotLikersjohan-nygren (63)in memetics • 4 years agoEvolution of religious symbolism, Christianity, Zionism, the nation-state, and Online Pseudonym PartiesGoat worship was a normal symbol of worship back before fish worship ("Ichtys", Iesos, Christos, Theos, Yios, Sother) took over. They have each been constant reference frames for roughly 2000 years…johan-nygren (63)in memetics • 5 years ago"unperson memes", memes that serve to de-personify another human being to offload control of a relationship to a coercive intermediary such as a nation-stateA category of memes that thrive in slave mentality, the memetic environment of humans that are subordinated a coercive master (a relationship without consent), is "unperson memes". The slave will…johan-nygren (63)in memetics • 5 years agomemes that serve to de-personify another human being to offload control of a relationship to an intermediary such as a nation-state"unperson memes" is probably ideal term, will go with that. memes that serve to remove a person symbolically and offload control to a fascist intermediary.johan-nygren (63)in memetics • 5 years ago"stratification memes", memes that exist to enforce social stratificationI'd like to suggest the term "stratification memes" for memes that exist to enforce social stratification, and that have no other function besides that . The term itself is neutral, and does not…johan-nygren (63)in memetics • 5 years ago"proxy memes", that which acts in the place of something elseIs there a good word for those memes that only exist as emotional relief from forbidden topics? Like, people debate consent when browsing websites, but never debate consent when it comes to the…johan-nygren (63)in memetics • 5 years agoWorship (worth + -ship), value, and the orbitofrontal cortexjohan-nygren (63)in memetics • 5 years agoMemes "bending" to fit preconceived world viewaleksaburmazepam (55)in business • 5 years agoBANGER OF THE WEEK: Virus of the MindThere aren't many books that I listen to several times over, not even my book of the year in 2018. However, this book I had to absorb completely and fully, as the ideas contained herein are simply…aleksaburmazepam (55)in memes • 5 years agoAleksa's Book Review: Evolutionary Dynamics of OrganisationsI definitely need to stop with the massive academic books. This one was an absolute chore to get through, and didn't really give that much in insight compared to how much it took in time and effort.…aleksaburmazepam (55)in memes • 5 years agoAleksa's Book Review: The Biology of Moral SystemsProbably the driest tome I've had to sift through on any subject, this absolute treatise on all things biological sometimes ventures into memetic territory but never quite spends the night there.…aleksaburmazepam (55)in memes • 5 years agoAleksa's Book Review: The Meme MachineI see Dr. Dawkins has made a habit of writing forewords for books on memetics. In any case, this is a book that expands on the work of Brodie and Dawkins, and primarily focuses on the aspect of…aleksaburmazepam (55)in memes • 5 years agoAleksa's Book Review: The Evolution of CooperationOther than being one of my favourite fictional TV hedge fund managers out there, Robert Axelrod also wrote a book. This book is a uniquely simple introduction to the ideas of advanced game theory…aleksaburmazepam (55)in memes • 5 years agoAleksa's Book Review: I'll Have What She's HavingTo be quite honest, this book didn't really do much for me in its first 2 thirds. It's a capable but dry tome on game theory, evolutionary biology, group-think, and the creation of memes even though…johan-nygren (63)in memetics • 5 years agoTrojan meme, a definition"Trojan memes are memes that act as a backdoor, providing a vector for an attacker to infect the brain with retro-memes that use the trojan horse to spread through the associational cortex of the…johan-nygren (63)in memetics • 5 years agoThe Manhattan project as a trojan horsejohan-nygren (63)in memetics • 5 years agoPecking orders and "meme illness"Humans are uniquely adapted for memetic intelligence. Memes are what the mind is made up of, cultural units of information that encode complex technologies like a smart phone, memes are to…grimgriz (51)in memetics • 5 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Tell the TeachersPosted using Partiko Androidjohan-nygren (63)in science • 6 years agoThe relationship between scientific consensus and social consensusWhat most statists fail to comprehend, scientific consensus can never ever outgrow social consensus in general, the consensus trance. It is confined within the dominant social consensus. Anyone…johan-nygren (63)in gametheory • 6 years agoGame Theory, Nash equilibrium and Nygren equilibriumI will use a meme that I saw on the internet to illustrate how slave mentality tends to form idealized world views, a form of repression. It suggested that since humans in the past lived in…etherpunk (75)in evolution • 6 years agoGood morning crypto.Something a little dark this morning, but probably much truer today than yesterday. Hideo Kojima is a great storyteller for having made this back in 2001. Upload by Louie Vanderhyde .