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The advent of writing (both a cause and a consequence of greater socio-political complexity) was rocket fuel for this new mode of memetic evolution as it dramatically enhanced the “critical self-distancing element of disembedded reflection”.
The Great Disembedding
Roger’s Bacon
As Steven W. Thrasher writes in The Viral Underclass, Covid-19 marked “the first viral pandemic also to be experienced via viral stories on social media,”20 creating “a kind of squared virality.”
The group has a polarized us-versus-them mentality, which causes conflict with the wider society.
Effective Altruism Is a Dangerous Cult — Here's Why
Émile P. Torres
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