[Web4lib] Genes, Memes, and Temes or How Linux and Google and Dreamweaver make Librarians replicate

[Robert L. Balliot]

Greetings  -

Here is an excellent video from TED with Susan Blackmore  - the author of
The Meme Machine
<http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/Books/Meme%20Machine/MM.htm>  
discussing   Genes, Memes, and Temes:

http://oceanstatelibrarian.com <http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/> 

Dr. Blackmore's fascinating discussion of replicating systems weaves
together studies of Darwin <http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/origin.html> ,
Dawkins <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins> , and Drake
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ztl8CG3Sys>  to conclude with how society
is being changed by virulent technology.  Visit the  
Memes <http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/>  website for more information.  

I think public and academic librarians are in a unique position to gage the
changes to our lives and
habits resulting from replicating technical systems.  Dr. Blackmore's
comment that we are the
vehicle for technical replication until they becomes self-replicating
intrigues.

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Robert L. Balliot
Skype: RBalliot
Bristol, Rhode Island
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm
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