Chilling tale of how an ordinary teenager can be progressively radicalised by… memes.
And people wonder why I devote an entire lecture to mimetic culture.
@adders Do you think that meme and mimetic share an etymological origin? I'm not convinced. Or does your lecture go wider than copying memes?
@jeremycherfas Well, these usages are new, and connected, but the lecture certainly spread much further than just copy memes. It discusses the propagation of information and ideas in digital culture, and how that “infects” offline culture (in as much as a distinction exists between the two).
@adders Thanks for expanding. I think a lot of people who talk about memes could do a lot worse than go back to Dawkins' original concept.