Re: virus: Virus: Sociological Change

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 10:23:38 -0600 (CST)


On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Martin Traynor wrote:

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> On 26 Nov 96 at 13:55, jonesr@gatwick.geco-prakla.sl wrote:
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> > Can each individual exist in a society where there is a perfect
state of harmony?
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> Would they still be individuals?

I won't guess. Isn't the point of the term "memeoid" that the human so
infected *isn't* an individual?

I'm willing to bet that such a society, faced with a less-harmonious
society, will end up outcompeted and destroyed by the
less-harmonious society.

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