Memes

Memes have taken on the popular definition of sharable image templates used to express ideas on social media platforms.

The original definition, coined by Richard Dawkins, is meant to refer to the way that ideas self-replicate in a way that is similar to genes. A particularly useful or entertaining idea will spread far and wide, while the vast majority will come and go without a blip on the radar.

In metaculture the term meme will refer too the Richard Dawkins definition, since this is a useful way to describe important ideas, how and why they spread. There are also memes that are necessary prerequisites for other important concepts that are essential to a robust understanding of metaculture. This terminology helps identify these specific ideas and see them as essential pieces to an overall puzzle. And the picture on the box is a fractal.