What’s a Meme?
Rik Logtenberg on Feb 14, 2006
A meme is like a gene, but of culture. It is self-replicating and often infectious, a piece of information that passes from one person to another (and through the electronic media) like a virus. They can be folk wisdom, advertising jingles, trends, fashions, styles, and technology that make up today's cultural genome. Online, memes are everything. I'll post more about all of this soon.
