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That opening paragraph is the most beautiful writing about memes that I have ever read. Absolutely lucid.
by rhdoenges 15y ago
That opening paragraph is the most beautiful writing about memes that I have ever read. Absolutely lucid.
- GrantS 15y agoHmmm, I would say that honor should go to Richard Dawkins who coined the term itself 35 years ago: http://www.rubinghscience.org/memetics/dawkinsmemes.html http://www.rubinghscience.org/memetics/dawkinsmemes.html
- cormullion 15y agoYes, it's evocative, with some pleasing poetic imagery. Not being a poet myself I would have tidied up his punctuation and adjusted or questioned some of the plural/singular nouns ('memes ... are a force which flow?', 'surprisingly brief', 'the world's stage', 'undulating patterns', 'confined space?', 'by the gazillion?'). But poets are more interesting to read than copy editors...