#Memetics

nick

demonetizedblog

A thread tying together some (hopefully semi-coherent) thoughts around bubbles, memes, and information theory.h/t to @EpsilonTheory @WRGuinn @jposhaughnessy George SorosThis thread is a pastiche of ideas from all these folks.

Joe Ondrak

TheOndrakGuy

Regarding the $GME phenomenon. I think there's the huge metatextual component to the chosen stock being Gamestop too that appears to be getting ignored. There's nostalgia there, for sure, but

The Outpost😇

Stahlblau4

On the memetic nature of conflict: A THREAD on #memetics The framework of a conflict, that is, the narrative in which it fits, is a memetic object. There are differences

enough is enough

EmilyGorcenski

There’s been a lot of discussion in the nazi hunting circles about the nature of “boogaloo” and I’m gonna go right on ahead and chime in because I think it’s

🦆 Charlie L. 🦆

TheShipIsMoving

You may have caught wind of something called $BASED recently. First off, $BASED is NOT an investment, it’s a game. A complex game actually. A recent CoinDesk article described it

Ari Schulman

AriSchulman

The main reason I thought the Bean Dad thread was unsettling is the same one I didn’t join the dogpile on it. Bean Dad is an example of what @JonAskonas

Mike Caulfield

holden

So I wrote this end-of-year thing for @NiemanLab, and one thing I didn't put in it was an underlying revelation about terminology, particularly about narratives and claims and how we

Liminal Warmth ❤️

liminal_warmth

The thing about power games is that you either see them for what they are or you don'tWhen you're younger, you're usually not aware of them because we're not taught

Ryan Selkis

twobitidiot

1/ Many of you will likely be fielding texts from friends, family and colleagues about #Bitcoin this week. Here's a list of resources you can share with them to

🍔CULTSULTANT 🍥

GRITCULT

havent made some bold predictions lately, lemme try in this threadim noticing a correlation between internet speeds and the design of dominant social media/networkstwitter wont be so much replaced by

pete wolfendale

deontologistics

I'm fielding a lot of objections to the claim articulated in this tweet (which you can read down thread), but it might be worth starting a new thread that takes

Quarantined Life

Real_QL

The scope of the Russian Disinformation campaign is bigger than you think (THREAD). It is insanely CLEVER and diabolical.(1) In 2016 the Russia influenced the election in 3 ways:1) Attempted

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