![]() Well, that starts with me stopping this VR shit. Once you're aware of your own memes, you can train yourself to identify and replicate the "good" ones. How we can rebel against out genes and memes. There's gotta be a way to break the cycle, though. ![]() Kids' parents are killed by other kids, so they join the war next and start killing other people's parents. Raiden: I think it's the same thing for child soldiers. A guy sees his countrymen killed by terrorism, so he becomes a terrorist and retaliates. And the really contagious memes can be even worse. Raiden: So you spreading the word about how important it is to succeed, earn status. If that isn't the cultural norm, then what are you working for? But anyway, you catch this money-worship meme, then not are you trying to get rich.You're spreading that idea to other people. For example, the idea that having lots of money is the ultimate goal, the thing we all strive for. Fashion's one thing, but value-related memes can put huge restraints on people's lives. But the way that Dawkins puts it, memes can transmit worthless things, even the bad parts of a culture. "The genes of a culture" make it all sound pretty lofty. Raiden: You buy a shirt you like, and put it on other people see you wearing it, then buy it for themselves. They grow, infecting more and more people. And just like normal genes, they replicate. They're the genes of a culture, from fashion to chord progressions in music. Kevin: He went on to define memes as a different type of self-replicating unit. Dawkins, a biologist, stated that even if the actions of a living thing appear to be altruistic.Each of its genes is still engaging in selfish behavior - purely as a matter of survival. The concept of memes was first proposed by Richard Dawkins in a book called "The Selfish Gene". Well, you're always gonna have restraints, based on what culture you're born into. Raiden: What do you think what about what Monsoon said earlier, about memes? You think we're all doomed to follow some coded-in routine? That there's no free will? Exquisite! Its spared you the burden of all the lives youve taken.absolved you of guilt when you enjoyed it. Something that saves lives a means of justice. Sam tells me you see your weapon as a tool. Wind blows, rain falls, and the strong pray upon the weak. Expose someone to anger long enough, they will learn to hate. They are the culture they are everything we pass on. We are all pawns, controlled by something greater: memes. Its final lesson is carved deep in my psyche: that this world, and all its people are diseased. War is a cruel parent but an effective teacher. Yes, you arent the only one to grow up on the killing fields.
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