>The gist is that social unrest increases in line with the velocity of memes. Put differently: the faster that memes can emerge and spread, the bigger the threa

>The gist is that social unrest increases in line with the velocity of memes. Put differently: the faster that memes can emerge and spread, the bigger the threat to democracy and social order. I think engagement with social media is the root cause here. Velocity of memes definitely follows that metric though. Memes are just an information packet, but there's additional information flowing over different formats. This sentiment feels very similar to the Big Mac index as it relates to economics.