Re: <nettime> why isn't memetics a thing?

[Morlock Elloi <morlockelloi@gmail.com>]

Because the slightest official concession (ie. including it in the 
education system) that the present society is mainly based on organized 
lying would have devastating consequences. Every era needs a taboo, and 
this is ours.

Instead, scholars and thinkers must operate around it, bowing to and 
internalizing the mantra that truth matters (and exists), and benignly 
challenging the surface here and there.

Heretics get worse treatment than Giordano Bruno - they fall under 
Conspiracy Theory diagnosis (burning at the stake proved 
counterproductive.) One thing is sure - it's a more effective deterrent. 
Seen any lately? I mean, Middle Ages were swarming with heretics, there 
was a stake show every weekend, and what we have today? Salaried 
heretics? Sheesh.


On 1/18/18, 19:45, Ben Daniels wrote:
> given that what I see out of the window is now a global, pervasive
> battlefield/sphere of operations that is generally about
> control/information warfare/propaganda, why isn't memetics the bleeding
> edge science being taught/debated in academia?

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