> Re parables:
>
> Anyone who hasn't read SNOWCRASH by Neal Stephenson, STOP and click NOW
> on this link to order it from AMAZON.COM:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0553562614/memecentralA/
>
> Richard Brodie RBrodie@brodietech.com +1.206.688.8600
> CEO, Brodie Technology Group, Inc., Bellevue, WA, USA
> http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie
> Do you know what a "meme" is?
> http://www.brodietech.com/rbrodie/meme.htm
I have to echo this sentiment. _Snow Crash_ is one of the best
cyber-(insert appropriate buzzword here) books to come out, equalling
_Neuromancer_ in philosophical depth. A possible real-world
equivalent of the Snow Crash virus could be made by combining
memetics, Julian Jaynes' work, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming
[memetic warfare, anyone?]
Noctem