We do that here too. Think of when people bring up the phrase "if it's free then you are the product." The first few times it's seen by people, they think that'

We do that here too. Think of when people bring up the phrase "if it's free then you are the product." The first few times it's seen by people, they think that's a great way to describe what they're seeing, and it spreads like wildfire. Now it's to the point I groan when I inevitably see it during a discussion. This is really just the propagation of ideas which have sex: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ideas-having-sex-matt-ridley-steven-berlin-johnson https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ideas-having-sex-matt-ridley...