Dan Dennett: Ants, terrorism, and the awesome power of memes
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http://www.ted.com Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of memes -- concepts that are literally alive. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and ... Read more
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- -: Dan Dennett: Ants, terrorism, and the awesome power of memes
July 3, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of memes -- concepts that are literally alive. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED C...
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- -: Susan Blackmore: Memes and "temes"
June 4, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new kind of meme, the teme, which spreads itself via technology -- and invents ways to keep itself alive
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- -: Ex-Moonie Diane Benscoter: How cults think
June 17, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Diane Benscoter talks about how she joined the Moonies -- and stayed for five long years. She shares an insider's perspective on cults and extremist movements, and proposes a new way to think about today's most troubling conflicts. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best...
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- -: Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex
July 19, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It's not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is. TEDTa...
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- -: Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from
September 21, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com People often credit their ideas to individual "Eureka!" moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of London's coffee houses to Charles Darwin's long, slow hunch to today's high-velocity web. ...
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Susan Blackmore: Memes and "Temes"
February 1, 2006 (over 18 years ago)Susan Blackmore enlightens the audience on what memes really are and introduces a new kind of human culture replication, the so-called technomemes or "temes."
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Dan Dennett: Dan Dennett on Dangerous Memes
February 1, 2002 (over 22 years ago)Words are indeed powerful weapons in a society and can be used to change or alter beliefs. Dan Dennet warns the audience of the danger a meme could bring and asks the sudience to develop antivurulence against it.
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Christopher Poole: The Case for Anonymity Online
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)In this talk, 4Chan founder Christopher "moot" Poole tells us about Anonymity Online. He talks about his 4Chan imageboard and shows us some of the things that you can find over there. He points out the importance of anonymity on the web and that we're on the way to losing that.
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