{"id":773,"date":"2006-12-15T17:33:48","date_gmt":"2006-12-16T00:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=773"},"modified":"2007-01-24T15:07:07","modified_gmt":"2007-01-24T22:07:07","slug":"im-it-and-i-dont-want-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/773\/im-it-and-i-dont-want-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m it — and I don’t want to be . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

I first heard of the idea of memes<\/a> in 1986 or so. Analogized to a gene, a meme is a transmissible idea. We’re apt to think of things like “Dood!” or “Dyn-o-mite!” when we think of memes — linguistic fads — but the idea can<\/i> run much deeper than that. For example, the principle that it is better to die for your principles than to renounce them did not originate with Socrates, but because Plato made the death of Socrates famous, he essentially transmitted the idea that defines<\/i> Western Culture. That’s a big deal.<\/p>\n

On the flip side of the coin, the analogy to genes is troublesome, insofar as it implies unavoidable transmission and relative immutability. The United States was founded on the meme “rights,” but there was no one among the founders who would have thought in terms of a “right” to subsidized food or to a subsidized crop. The meme persists, but the original meaning is vastly diluted.<\/p>\n

That much is me, a sort of mild taste\/distaste relationship with the idea of memes. I’ll get over it.<\/p>\n

This much is the RE.net: I have been tagged by Jim Cronin of The Real Estate Tomato<\/a> in what he says is a meme game. I don’t get why it is, but I don’t have to. I will play along because I like Jim, even though I detest party games, chain letters, etc.<\/p>\n

My challenge: To tell you five things you did not know about me. My life is outrageously public, but — all appearances to the contrary — I don’t do very much to publicize it. If I tell you something about my life, it’s because I think it’s important to the point I’m making. Anything I don’t mention — I’d rather not<\/i> mention.<\/p>\n

So, here goes nothing. Five things you didn’t know about me:<\/p>\n

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  1. I’ve spent my entire adult life thinking about and writing about political philosophy at a very arcane level. The school I work in is called Agorism or Market Anarchism or Anarcho-Capitalism, depending on who you talk to. My own philosophy is called “Janioism” (a meme!) after a character in the book Read more<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I first heard of the idea of memes in 1986 or so. Analogized to a gene, a meme is a transmissible idea. We’re apt to think of things like “Dood!” or “Dyn-o-mite!” when we think of memes — linguistic fads — but the idea can run much deeper than that. 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Given the nature of BloodhoundBlog, I'm hoping a couple of bigger brains who read and write here, will help me get a better\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Group Therapy"","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3197,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3197\/bloodhoundblog-in-the-terrible-twos-and-the-me-me-me-meme\/","url_meta":{"origin":773,"position":4},"title":"BloodhoundBlog in the terrible two’s and the me-me-me meme","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I had mail last night from a sweet kid who wanted to tag me in what she called a MeMe game. 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