Name: Memes and "temes"
Uploaded: 2008-06-03T01:00:00Z
Duration: 19 min 14 s
Description: Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new kind of meme, the teme, which spreads itself via technology -- and invents ways to keep itself alive

*The Selfish Gene*

*On the Origin of Species*

*Darwin's Dangerous Idea*

*What Makes Us Human?*

Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new kind of meme, the teme, which spreads itself via technology -- and invents ways to keep itself alive

Susan Blackmore: Memes and "temes"

Memes and "temes"

Darwin's principle of natural selection extends beyond biology to our creations, revealing our role in unleashing memes.

The rise of 'temes', technology-driven memes, marks a new phase in evolution, potentially outgrowing human control and influence.

In the dance of cultural evolution, memes shape human destiny, driving us toward a symbiotic relationship with technology.