The principles of memetics are intended to explain how ideas are replicated, through the human predilection for imitation. This TED talk from early 2008 takes things a step further by introducing the concept of temes, described as “a third dangerous step” to follow the preceding two “dangerous steps” of genes and memes.
Susan Blackmore studies memes: [...]
Video of the week: Enterprise Radar (Tim O’Reilly)
Tim O’Reilly’s presentation at Web2.0 Expo (New York, September 08) described the way in which companies such as Google and Dell have created autonomic (self-learning) systems to drive their business.
A key quote from Tim’s presentation: “Enterprise 2.0 means letting users into your back-office and turning your company inside out… Or waiting for an innovative start-up to [...]
Video of the week: Clay Shirky – Institutions vs Collaboration
a great presentation by Clay, which concludes with a compelling message: “a true revolution doesn’t take you from point A to point B, it takes you from point A to chaos.”