Re: Coercive Transhuman Memes and Exponential Cults

From: Gordon Worley (redbird@rbisland.cx)
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 21:33:40 MDT


At 6:07 PM -0700 6/11/01, Durant Schoon wrote:
> > From: Gordon Worley <redbird@rbisland.cx>
>> To: sl4@sysopmind.com
>>
>> no good reason why they wouldn't continue to get into trouble. If
>> these cult things take off, maybe they'll kill themselves off and all
>> that will be left are those smart enough to tell a helpful meme from
>> a dangerous one.
>
>But why is that more likely than being inundated by highly effective
>replicating groups of memes?

It's not, just sort of a nice maybe, in my mind. I don't really
expect it to happen, but if it does I won't be upset. More
computronium for me. ;-)

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