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How do ideas spread, mutate, and survive? Why do we laugh when others laugh, adopt accents, hum songs that refuse to leave our heads, or suddenly find ourselves saying "actually"? This seminar explores the evolution of information through the lens of theory of memes, also known as memetics—the study of how cultural patterns replicate, vary, and undergo selection. Beginning with genes and the logic of biological evolution, we trace the emergence of memes as cultural replicators transmitted through imitation, communication, and media. Along the way we examine mirror neurons, contagious behaviours, habits, dopamine, earworms and mindworms, the Maluma–Takete effect, memetic complexes such as fashion, ideology, and religion, self-referentiality, the formation of the egoplex, viral phenomena, computer viruses and worms, apps, emojis, memecoins, and other contemporary manifestations of cultural evolution. Combining perspectives from evolutionary theory, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, linguistics, media studies, and computer science, the seminar invites participants to view culture itself as an evolving ecosystem of replicating patterns which often act and express themselves independently from what our bodies, minds and souls "actually" want.
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How
do
ideas
spread
''
mutate
''
and
survive
?
Why
do
we
laugh
when
others
laugh
''
adopt
accents
''
hum
songs
that
refuse
to
leave
our
heads
''
or
suddenly
find
ourselves
saying
„
actually
“
?
This
seminar
explores
the
evolution
of
information
through
the
lens
of
theory
of
memes
''
also
known
as
memetics
—
the
study
of
how
cultural
patterns
replicate
''
vary
''
and
undergo
selection
.
Beginning
with
genes
and
the
logic
of
biological
evolution
''
we
trace
the
emergence
of
memes
as
cultural
replicators
transmitted
through
imitation
''
communication
''
and
media
.
Along
the
way
we
examine
mirror
neurons
''
contagious
behaviours
''
habits
''
dopamine
''
earworms
and
mindworms
''
the
Maluma
–
Takete
effect
''
memetic
complexes
such
as
fashion
''
ideology
''
and
religion
''
self
-
referentiality
''
the
formation
of
the
egoplex
''
viral
phenomena
''
computer
viruses
and
worms
''
apps
''
emojis
''
memecoins
''
and
other
contemporary
manifestations
of
cultural
evolution
.
Combining
perspectives
from
evolutionary
theory
''
psychology
''
neuroscience
''
philosophy
''
linguistics
''
media
studies
''
and
computer
science
''
the
seminar
invites
participants
to
view
culture
itself
as
an
evolving
ecosystem
of
replicating
patterns
which
often
act
and
express
themselves
independently
from
what
our
bodies
''
minds
and
souls
„
actually
“
want
.
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Session 0 · Memetics begins at home.
Before Internet memes, before ideology, before theory: gestures, tunes, habits, rituals, phrases, drawings, interfaces and everyday acts of copying.
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p
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Session
0
·
Memetics
begins
at
home
.
p
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p
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Before
Internet
memes
''
before
ideology
''
before
theory
:
gestures
''
tunes
''
habits
''
rituals
''
phrases
''
drawings
''
interfaces
and
everyday
acts
of
copying
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Replication + Variation + Selection = Evolution
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Replication
+
Variation
+
Selection
=
Evolution
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Freud, Dawkins, Rizzolatti
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Freud
''
Dawkins
''
Rizzolatti
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... and how to defeat it
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Earworms, mindworms, moving memes::Fashion, Style, Art &c.
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Earworms
''
mindworms
''
moving
memes
::
Fashion
''
Style
''
Art
&
c
.
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Mediated memes, Urban memes
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Mediated
memes
''
Urban
memes
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Memplexes, Religions, Ideologies, Self-reference
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Memplexes
''
Religions
''
Ideologies
''
Self
-
reference
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Memes in Law, Politics & Propaganda
2718
Memes
in
Law
''
Politics
&
Propaganda
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Memes & Cyberspace
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Memes, Memecoins, AIs
2720
Memes
''
Memecoins
''
AIs
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Memes revisited
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The Congress
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Few narratives about Medienhaus, what is it, of what units it is composed and how Kastalia KMS born into existence.
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Few
narratives
about
Medienhaus
''
what
is
it
''
of
what
units
it
is
composed
and
how
Kastalia
KMS
born
into
existence
.
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HTML, LaTex, JSON & c.
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HTML
''
LaTex
''
JSON
&
c
.
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Manuscripts, Books, E-Ink, Embooked AIs, Holograms
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Manuscripts
''
Books
''
E
-
Ink
''
Embooked
AIs
''
Holograms
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"... nichts entzieht sich der Darstellung durch Worte so sehr und nichts ist doch notwendiger, den Menschen vor Augen zu stellen, als gewisse Dinge, deren Existenz weder beweisbar noch wahrscheinlich ist, welche aber eben dadurch, daß fromme und gewissenhafte Menschen sie gewissermaßen als seiende Dinge behandeln, dem Sein und der Möglichkeit des Geborenwerdens um einen Schritt näher geführt werden."
In Josef Knechts handschriftlicher Übersetzung / Kastalia Archiv / Hermann Hesse, The Glass Bead Game
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„
...
nichts
entzieht
sich
der
Darstellung
durch
Worte
so
sehr
und
nichts
ist
doch
notwendiger
''
den
Menschen
vor
Augen
zu
stellen
''
als
gewisse
Dinge
''
deren
Existenz
weder
beweisbar
noch
wahrscheinlich
ist
''
welche
aber
eben
dadurch
''
daß
fromme
und
gewissenhafte
Menschen
sie
gewissermaßen
als
seiende
Dinge
behandeln
''
dem
Sein
und
der
Möglichkeit
des
Geborenwerdens
um
einen
Schritt
näher
geführt
werden
.
“
em
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br
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In
Josef
Knechts
handschriftlicher
Übersetzung
/
Kastalia
Archiv
/
Hermann
Hesse
''
The
Glass
Bead
Game
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