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Susan Blackmore 談｢迷因｣與｢技因｣

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TED2008

• February 2008

Susan Blackmore 研究迷因：構想就像病毒一樣自行由一個腦袋複製到另一個腦袋。她提出一個大膽的新論點：人文產生了一個新種類的迷因：技因，它經由科技傳播－並發明各種方法維持自己的生存。

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Susan Blackmore 研究迷因：構想就像病毒一樣自行由一個腦袋複製到另一個腦袋。她提出一個大膽的新論點：人文產生了一個新種類的迷因：技因，它經由科技傳播－並發明各種方法維持自己的生存。

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Susan Blackmore

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Susan Blackmore studies memes -- those self-replicating "life forms" that spread themselves via human consciousness. We're now headed, she believes, toward a new form of meme, spread by the technology we've created.

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The Meme Machine

Susan Blackmore | Oxford University Press (2000)

Susan Blackmore - *The Meme Machine*

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