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Summary of Richard Brodie's Virus of the Mind
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 A meme is like a Beethoven symphony. It’s a good example of how the word can be used. A library is just a book’s way of making another book. memes have to do with human beings. If you make a bunch of photocopies of a document, that doesn’t give it good memes. But if people start memorizing and reciting them, it’s a good meme. #2 A meme is an information unit that is imitated. It is the basic unit of imitation. The question of what are the interesting memes is the right one to ask. #3 The meme is the secret code of human behavior, and it has a central place in the new paradigm of life and culture. It explains how cultural evolution takes place from the point of view of the meme, rather than the point of view of an individual or society. #4 The biological definition of a meme is the basic unit of cultural transmission. Everything we call culture is made up of atomlike memes that compete with one another to spread from mind to mind.
Getting Past Ok
Richard Brodie dropped out of Harvard to join the computer revolution and write the first version of Microsoft Word. Then, burned-out helping Microsoft achieve its phenomenal success, he quit and embarked on an equally intense search for a more meaningful life. For three years Richard mined the wisdom of famed self improvement seminars and workshops. Most of all, he wanted to discover why life seemed to coast along at either an ''OK''level or plummet into ''the pits,''spending so little time in true satisfaction and fulfillment. In this book, he shares the results of his odyssey, providing a step by step guide for discovering your own individual formula for long term success and happiness. It gives you all the tools you need to find yourself, take charge, and get past OK You'll learn how to: Understand what's really going on in your life Make the most of your potential Pull out of crises-and move on Achieve rewarding relationships Be in control of stressful situations Keep your quality of life in the WOW zone
Virus of the Mind
Virus of the Mind is the first popular book devoted to the science of memetics, a controversial new field that transcends psychology, biology, anthropology, and cognitive science. Memetics is the science of memes, the invisible but very real DNA of human society. In Virus of the Mind, Richard Brodie carefully builds on the work of scientists Richard Dawkins, Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Dennett, and others who have become fascinated with memes and their potential impact on our lives. But Richard goes beyond science and dives into the meat of the issue: is the emergence of this new science going to have an impact on our lives like the emergence of atomic physics did in the Cold War? He would sa...
Virus of the Mind
We are surrounded by information in the 21st Century: we are bombarded by advertising, attitudes, celebrities, news, wars, fashion, the latest fads... the sheer amount of information we have access to appears untameable, unworkable, and too much to gain sense from unless we pick and choose very carefully. However, our choices are very often made for us as the result of advertising, media companies, the government and popular culture. The results of these choices are called memes, andtheir impact is shaping not just society but us individually, and on a core level, beyond psychology, personal free will, and even genetics.
The Devil Drives
Richard Burton's life offers dazzling riches. He was one of the greatest Victorian explorers, an innovative translator and brilliant linguist, a prolific travel writer, a pioneer in the fields of anthropology and sexual psychology, a mesmeric lover, a spy and a publisher of erotica. Fawn Brodie has created a vivid portrait of this remarkable man, who emerges from the richly textured fabric of his time. His travels to Mecca and Medina dressed as a Muslim pilgrim, his witnessing of the human sacrifices at Dahomey and his unlikely but loving partnership with his pious Catholic bride are all treated with warmth, scholarship and understanding.
The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide
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