Dan Dennett develops a powerful and compelling analogy between germs and new ideas. Dan works with Richard Dawkins’s insightful concept of a meme and adds some rich examples along the way. You will appreciate this video especially if you have read Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. Highly Recommended. From ted.
Here’s one of those talks that can change your view of the world forever. Starting with the deceptively simple story of an ant, Dan Dennett unleashes a dazzling sequence of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of “memes” — a term coined by Richard Dawkins for mental concepts that are literally alive and capable of spreading from brain to brain.
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