![]() ![]() This is how the cosmos exists, but also convert other people to this way of thinking, go out and find people and tell them this as well."īut there's a way simpler idea of memes: a contagious song, a catch phrase, a political slogan, or even a symbol that's easy to draw. The canonical example of a contagious idea would be some kind of evangelical religion, where they would say: "Hey, this is the way the universe is structured. It's a piece of information that you have, but there's also an aspect where you want to share this information with other people, spread this idea to other people. QNTM: So if you're reading this, you probably have a reasonable idea of what a meme is, but there are a couple of different colliding definitions of meme these days.įor my purposes, a meme is a contagious idea, which is much more of an older definition than today's conception of "internet meme." It's an idea that catches on due to some kind of hook within the idea itself. Can you tell us a little bit conceptually about the idea of antimemes? What is an anti-meme? Uri Bram: Your latest book-which is wonderful-is called There Is No Antimemetics Division. Here, QNTM speaks to the Browser's Uri Bram about collaborative fiction, why people with deep and very specific expertise are often great storytellers, and the surprising subjectivity of finding right answers in software development. ![]() QNTM is a software engineer and the author of There Is No Antimemetics Division. ![]()
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